76: Chapter 76 At this critical moment, we must rely on Secretary Qin Chuan.

"Do you think Secretary Qin Chuan called everyone to a meeting because he wants to mobilize us to find sales channels?"

"It's a bumper harvest this year, there are too many yellow peaches. What are we going to do with so many peaches? We can't sell them!"

"The buyers are offering forty-five cents, and I heard they're going to lower it even further. How are we supposed to survive?"

Qin Chuan walked into the Auditorium. Seeing how lively it was, and especially hearing what everyone was discussing, he couldn't help but smile slightly.

He walked toward the podium, sat down in his seat, and raised his hand to gesture for quiet.

Gradually, the noisy Auditorium quieted down.

Over a hundred pairs of eyes looked at Qin Chuan, filled with hope.

Meeting their gaze, Qin Chuan said in a clear voice, "We are now starting our meeting. We have had a bumper harvest of yellow peaches this year, and many people are anxious. How can we sell so many peaches? Will they rot in the fields?"

The Auditorium, which had already quieted down, instantly became lively again.

"Exactly, how can we sell them!"

"I think they're definitely going to rot in the fields!"

"Do you think Secretary Qin Chuan might have a way to help us sell the yellow peaches?"

"Not very likely. There are so many, how could it be possible to sell them all?"

Qin Chuan said loudly, "Everyone, please settle down first."

"The matter you are worried about has already been resolved by me. All the yellow peaches can be sold, and the purchase price will be two point five yuan per jin!"

What!

Almost everyone thought they had misheard.

Most people stared blankly at Qin Chuan.

After a full three or five seconds, a village secretary stood up and said loudly, "Secretary Qin, is what you said true?"

Qin Chuan nodded, "Yes, all the yellow peaches can be sold at a purchase price of two point five yuan per jin. I have already negotiated with Hongtai Supermarket chain group. Tomorrow morning around seven or eight o'clock, their first fleet will arrive at our Dahe Township..."

He briefly explained the situation.

Suddenly, everyone was stunned again!

My goodness!

Hongtai Supermarket chain group is the largest supermarket chain group in the country, with stores in all major cities nationwide. If it's them, they can definitely absorb all the yellow peaches!

"That's great!"

"At a critical moment, we really must rely on Secretary Qin Chuan!"

"Two point five yuan! A purchase price of two point five yuan per jin—I feel like I'm dreaming!"

Looking at the incredibly lively Auditorium, Secretary Qin Chuan did not gesture for everyone to quiet down. It took a full few minutes before he said, "Everyone, I am going to make some arrangements next, so please listen carefully!"

Instantly, the Auditorium became extremely quiet.

"We have over twenty natural administrative villages. Taking the village as a unit, each village will temporarily supply one hundred thousand jin of yellow peaches per day. If we need to increase the amount, the Township Government will notify each village. All yellow peaches must be packed in special plastic crates to facilitate loading and long-distance transport..."

Everyone listened attentively; some even took out pens and notebooks to record everything Qin Chuan said.

The initial volume will be over one thousand tons per day, about two to three million jin per day. Once the sales channels are completely opened and consumers grow fond of Dahe Township's yellow peaches, two to three thousand tons per day will be possible in the future. Hongtai Supermarket chain group is the largest and most powerful chain supermarket in the country.

The meeting lasted less than an hour, and everything was arranged properly.

After the meeting adjourned, everyone's face was filled with excitement.

It felt just like a dream!

They had originally been worried that so many yellow peaches might rot in the fields; who would have thought they would actually be bought by Hongtai Supermarket at a high price of two point five yuan per jin!

Township Head Chen Qunfeng also put on a look of happiness, but if you looked closely, you would notice that the smile was a bit stiff. He was the only one who felt uncomfortable.

He was even cursing in his heart. Damn it, that man surnamed Qin must have done this on purpose. He had already contacted Hongtai Supermarket long ago, yet he still made me run around looking for sales channels. This was to make me look bad and lose face.

The buyers that Township Head Chen Qunfeng had contacted were offering a purchase price of forty-five cents per jin. Hongtai Supermarket's purchase price was two point five yuan—it was simply a world of difference.

After the meeting, the news spread rapidly.

In the square at the entrance of the Township Government, some fruit farmers had been preparing to sell the yellow peaches in their hands to buyers for forty-five cents—getting a few dollars was better than letting them rot in the fields. They heard the news immediately.

What? Starting tomorrow, Hongtai Supermarket is sending trucks to buy yellow peaches, and the purchase price is two point five yuan per jin. Suddenly, no one was selling their yellow peaches anymore.

Those fruit farmers who had already sold to the buyers for forty-five cents were not having it either, clamoring for a refund.

The buyers, of course, were not having it either. The square was in an uproar, arguments broke out, and if it continued, it might escalate into a conflict.

The few buyers were scared in the face of the indignant fruit farmers and immediately called Township Head Chen Qunfeng.

Township Head Chen Qunfeng was cursing in his office; after receiving the call, he really didn't want to come, but these buyers were the ones he had called over, so there was no choice but to come and handle it.

After arriving, Township Head Chen Qunfeng was clearly biased, favoring those few buyers completely, which led to an intensification of the conflict.

When Qin Chuan received the news and arrived, the conflict had already ended, and the comrades from the Police Station had also arrived.

Township Head Chen Qunfeng's head had been cracked open.

A young man had sold over a thousand jin of yellow peaches yesterday for fifty cents, and today he had sold over two thousand jin for forty-five cents; the more he thought about it, the angrier he got.

Taking advantage of the chaos, he picked up a brick from the ground and smashed it onto Township Head Chen Qunfeng's head. The scene was chaotic at the time, and no one noticed.

When they saw Township Head Chen Qunfeng's head cracked open and covered in blood, everyone realized that Township Head Chen Qunfeng had been hit, but that young man had long since run off somewhere. There were no surveillance cameras here, so it was likely he had been beaten for nothing.

Qin Chuan had a grim face, "Township Head Chen Qunfeng, you should go to the health center to bandage your wound first."

Township Head Chen Qunfeng was so angry he could vomit blood, shouting loudly, "Where are the comrades from the Police Station? Investigate this for me! You must find out who did it; I want to make him pay the price."

The people from the Police Station looked troubled. How were they supposed to investigate this? They had already asked quite a few people, and all said they didn't know, and there was no surveillance here.

Qin Chuan waved his hand and said, "Disperse, everyone disperse. Township Head Chen Qunfeng, you go to the health center to treat your wound first."

Helpless, Township Head Chen Qunfeng could only go to the health center. This farce gradually ended, and those fruit buyers also drove away.

Shiwan Village.

This village is mountainous with not much arable land, but plenty of hilly land, and every household grows a large amount of yellow peaches. For example, Old Man Liu's family.

At this moment, Old Man Liu was sitting at his doorway again, smoking his pipe in silence, his brows knitted together. He was worried.

The yellow peaches were ripe, a bumper harvest, but they couldn't be sold!

Yesterday, his son drove a tricycle and transported a few crates of yellow peaches to the township to sell, but he barely sold a few jin. By noon, he had sold them all to a buyer at a price of fifty cents per jin.

Today, he had completely lost the motivation to pick yellow peaches and was sitting there smoking in silence, thinking about whether to rest today or go pick yellow peaches.

Suddenly, he saw the neighbor's family of several people all mobilized, carrying baskets and heading up the mountain. It looked like they were going to pick yellow peaches.

What was going on!

With so many people from their family mobilized, could the yellow peaches they picked back actually be sold!