I have a fiancée in Siheyuan

Chapter 397 Finalizing a 1 Yuan Contract

As for the matter of the united farm, Bai Baoshan made the call personally.

The people who delivered the goods were Xiao Haoping and Zhou Changli.

Although I didn't go in, I felt proud to see that such a grand place actually uses vegetables grown by themselves and livestock raised by themselves.

We pick the best dishes.

Bai Baoshan made a phone call.

He immediately selected an 8-month-old cow.

The best part was separated and sent over.

Some large white mushrooms and some other button mushrooms were also delivered.

However, the large white mushrooms are placed in a separate small basket.

I specifically told the person in charge of cooking in the kitchen that these large white mushrooms were reserved for Bai Baoshan.

The people in the kitchen said unhappily that they knew.

Because someone was poisoned today, even when receiving the food, someone would check it out.

During meal time, everyone was not locked in the house, but was sent to the dining room.

Xinqiao is temporarily closed these days.

Dishes made with ingredients provided by the United Farm were served on the table.

Everyone who ate it for the first time was amazed, and of course, those who tasted the food in the kitchen were even more full of praise.

Especially beef.

Compared with their own beef, this beef makes them feel like throwing away all the beef in their cold storage.

What is delicious? What is tender and juicy when you take a bite?

The chef tasted the food he had cooked, and then he couldn't help but think of his friend who he was with in the morning. It was a pity that he couldn't taste such delicious food anymore.

Pasta with farm eggs.

There is nothing to say.

The best is the cream of mushroom soup.

The mushrooms this man used were the ingredients that Xiao Haoping had asked Bai Baoshan to prepare.

After the dish was delivered, there was no other explanation, but the large white mushrooms looked very appetizing.

Just do it all.

Anyone outside who has taken a sip will immediately take another sip, as delicious food needs to be savored.

Many foreigners had never tasted such delicious cream of mushroom soup, and it immediately became their favorite.

But when the steaks were served, they added another favorite.

The few upper-class people who stayed behind also tasted something different.

It’s delicious. Not just ordinary delicious.

I thought about what the captain reported to Bai Baoshan this afternoon, saying that he wanted to sell the ingredients at a high price. I didn't believe it at first, but after taking a bite, I felt more confident.

It's just the most ordinary chicken roll, and it tastes delicious.

Even the salad, which they overlooked as an appetizer, was delicious.

The dishes were served and everyone was almost done eating.

Basically, one plate after another was served, and many foreigners were talking loudly about how special the food was.

My mother-in-law, who is used to eating Western food, was enjoying the food while eating it, taking bites of salad, soup and steak.

While eating, he said it was delicious.

Qiao Yun whispered in Bai Baoshan's ear that these vegetables and farmed meat were all made by someone hired by Bai Baoshan.

The look in the mother-in-law's eyes when she looked up at Bai Baoshan had gone from 5 points of satisfaction to 7 points now.

At 6 points, I knew that Bai Baoshan was now a senior cadre of level 12.

If Bai Baoshan knew the scores his mother-in-law gave him, he would definitely say that his mother-in-law was so stingy that she only gave him one point at a time.

Qiao Yun, the carefree girl, was very happy to see her new mother appreciating Bai Baoshan so much.

She was shaking her head while eating. When her godmother looked over, she looked at her with a charming smile.

But the godmother carefully wiped the sauce off the corners of Qiao Yun's mouth.

Qiao Yun said sweetly, "Thank you, Mom." It made my godmother very happy.

Finally, after finishing the dessert, today’s chef came out from the kitchen amid warm applause from the crowd.

The chef introduced himself, Thomas Blossom, but he did not take all the credit for today's work. Instead, he said that the ingredients today were from a local farm.

Many people immediately asked the chef to use ingredients from this place in the future, otherwise they would not eat it.

Thomas Blossom also stated that he would soon establish a supply relationship with the farm.

At the end, he served a dessert specially made by him.

He returned to the kitchen amidst the praises.

The few officials who stayed behind immediately summarized the matter and reported to their superiors.

If foreign-related restaurants change their ingredients or use local ingredients, this needs to be known to the higher-ups.

The response given above is full cooperation.

When Bai Baoshan accompanied his mother-in-law and Qiao Yun upstairs to rest.

Staff from the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Foreign Trade have already set off by car.

The first point is to ensure the supply and safety of food.

The second point is that the Ministry of Foreign Trade will see whether it is possible to earn foreign exchange through exports.

The Foreign Trade Department was actually the most miserable department during this period. They had to keep an eye on anything that could make extra money. If they themselves were worth some money, they would probably want to sell themselves.

Meanwhile, Thomas Blossom has already started contacting the personnel stationed in China. Of course, good ingredients have to be shipped to the country, especially before they react.

There are only a few foreign-related offices in Beijing now, including the Americans, but there are no embassies or consulates.

But they miscalculated.

Basically even the price has been decided.

At this time, several people from the Foreign Trade Department, accompanied by the people here, had been discussing in Bai Baoshan's room for half an hour.

The mother-in-law also expressed her opinion on the prices. It can be said that she has lived abroad for many years, and high-end ingredients are hard to come by. Those tycoons would rather spend a lot of money to have a taste of them.

If the beef provided by his son-in-law was of the quality for dinner, it would definitely be priced at a sky-high price. The price is 500 US dollars per pound.

In the end, the people in the Foreign Trade Department gritted their teeth and set the price: 200 yuan per pound of beef, in US dollars, and as for the white mushrooms, it was 800 US dollars per pound.

As for domestic sales, we can deduct half of the price, which means it is still 246 yuan per catty. A plate of meat uses a little over 80 grams, which costs more than yuan. If it is half a catty, it will be more than yuan, which is a very reasonable price.

This is still a tentative price, which may be adjusted at any time according to the international exchange rate.

When my mother-in-law heard about this price, she shook her head. If this price were to reach the Americans, those capitalists would definitely go crazy for it, even if it cost 500 per pound.

People who would spend $200 on a steak don’t mind spending an extra 300 yuan. The mother-in-law couldn’t convince them, so she could only turn around and leave, saying something like "prodigal son" or something like that, which made the people in the foreign trade department grimace.

According to their previous pricing, a pound of beef would cost 20 yuan at most. If they set the price at 5 yuan, they would be criticized, let alone 200 yuan.

Once the price is set, it’s time to move on to shipping.

As for meat, such as cattle, they are basically transported alive and then slaughtered when they arrive, so as to ensure the freshness of the meat.

However, only physically castrated bulls can be transported, or the beef that has been slaughtered and transported in a fresh and frozen state, and the bull's eggs must have been removed.

Sending cattle that can be bred is like sending state secrets to others.

Bai Baoshan insisted on the most stringent condition, which was that no species that could reproduce would be allowed to be sent over.

Finally, I did the math for the people in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Whoever agreed to it would be treason. People are buying your products at high prices now because they don’t have them. What if the same products are available abroad?

Does this mean we can’t earn this money?

When the people from the Ministry of Foreign Trade heard this, they immediately made a decision that anyone who dared to cut off their source of income would be sent to the guillotine.

The next morning, Thomas Blossom, accompanied by his compatriots and American personnel stationed in China, arrived at the joint breeding farm with a small team of more than a dozen vehicles and nearly 30 people.

As for the breeding and planting techniques, you can take a look at them at will. There is nothing hidden. They can't take away the core technology.

At the negotiation table, the Foreign Trade Department carefully took out the price agreed upon with Bai Baoshan yesterday.

After a lot of back and forth, the people from the Foreign Trade Department were very tough this time and refused to give in.

But in the end they gave in. When it came to living animals, the people from the Foreign Trade Department played with words. They didn't say male or female. They just said how many cows were needed and how many months old they needed to be. The contract could be signed at any time.

Soon the first contract was finalized. The first batch of goods included 5 cows that were 20 months old, 8 cows that were 50 months old, and 1 cows that were 2 year and 50 months old.

There are also large white mushrooms, 200 kilograms.

Preparations were completed in half a month.

According to a rough estimate, a 5-month-old cow weighs an average of 300 kilograms, an 8-month-old cow weighs 500 kilograms, and a 1-year-and-2-month-old cow can weigh up to 1200 kilograms.

The amount of money alone was 1280 million U.S. dollars. Although the people in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs seemed calm, they were actually swallowing their saliva in secret.

The 16 yuan for white mushrooms seems a bit insignificant, as beef is the big deal.

The people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were very generous and wrote in the additional terms that 20 adult sheep and 100 chickens were given as gifts.

At noon, the American people felt that they were paid too much and were a little resentful, but after eating, they felt that they had gotten a great deal.

If this price reaches their home country, they think they can make at least three times the price.

So my mother-in-law is still conservative.

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The current exchange rate is ￥=$, which is 1 to 2.462.

It can also be said to be 1 to 2.5.

This exchange rate remained until 1972, when it reached a historical low of 1 to 1.5.

But it only lasted until 1980.

In 1980, the RMB began to depreciate. In 85, it reached 2.937 yuan. In 94, it dropped to 8.619 yuan.

People say that people are happier now, but actually, they are not happy at all. Things that you could buy with one dollar before, now you need eight times more money.

Some people brainwash you and tell you that you are very happy.

When you hear this, do you want to slap this person a few times?

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