Chapter 356
Yang Fan stepped out of Ma Baoyu’s house and saw Zheng Yuyu in her loose-fitting wide-leg pants under the massive banyan tree.
"Boss, are you really buying at forty?" Zheng Yuyu asked as soon as they met.
When she looked at someone intently, her eyes seemed to speak and even appeared to sparkle with electricity.
Yang Fan nodded, "That’s the current market rate, I can’t possibly buy above the market price."
Zheng Yuyu immediately looked conflicted, "Boss, can’t you raise the price a little? I planted these with a loan, and I don’t have much money on hand. The loan is due in the second half of the year, and at this price, I definitely can’t pay it back."
"I understand your predicament, but there’s nothing I can do, I can’t exactly pay off your loan for you," Yang Fan said, "Otherwise, you might want to wait and see, maybe the price of Codonopsis will go up at some point."
"Boss, you’re in big business, you must understand the market better than I do. When do you think the market will improve? Or, does your large-scale purchasing mean that the market is warming up?" Zheng Yuyu stared unblinkingly at Yang Fan, asking somewhat eagerly.
Yang Fan chuckled, "I’m a small businessman, not a big one, and I can’t make heads or tails of the market. But I feel like if the price of Codonopsis is to rise again, it’s probably not until after this year’s harvest. With these prices, who would dare to take that risk?"
"This year..." Zheng Yuyu’s expression grew even more distressed.
"But that’s just a guess," Yang Fan added.
He could make a rough judgment about the market, but there were many other things he could not understand.