Sun Tao hesitated for a while and finally agreed to Li Dong's invitation.
It was not only because of the incentive of shares, but also because Li Dong was ambitious.
If Li Dong was only satisfied with a small place like Dongping, Sun Tao would not agree even if he had shares.
So what if it was just a county supermarket? Sun Tao was still young and did not want to live in Dongping for the rest of his life.
Even if he could earn three to five million a year, Sun Tao would only get three to five hundred thousand. He might as well go somewhere else.
The key was the future that Li Dong described to him. First, he would gain a foothold in Dongping, then he would infiltrate the surrounding counties and increase his reputation. Finally, he would enter the provincial capital and surround the city with the villages … …
It sounded like a scam, but when he heard that Li Dong was still a senior high school student and that the supermarket in Dongping was all earned by him, Sun Tao immediately believed Li Dong.
He could not help it as he did not understand the world of a powerful person.
When he was eighteen, he was still a good student, but when he was eighteen, he already had a supermarket worth millions. This was the difference between them.
Although the arrogant Sun Tao was not completely convinced by Li Dong, he felt that it was not a disgrace to help Li Dong.
… …
When Li Dong returned to Dongping, he felt relaxed.
Sun Tao had already agreed to give him some time to deal with the Pingchuan issue. He would come to Dongping in about a week to take over.
Li Dong believed in Sun Tao's ability. If he could not even handle a supermarket that was less than three thousand square meters, then he better leave obediently. Even Carrefour's reputation would be tarnished.
With the incentive of dividends and the debt of eight hundred thousand Sun Tao owed, Li Dong was not worried that Sun Tao would not do his best.
After getting rid of the biggest problem, Li Dong's biggest problem was the National College Entrance Examination.
Today was already the 8th of May. There was only one month left before the college entrance examination. Time was tight. Li Dong had taken a leave of absence for the past two days. Old Chen almost scolded him to death.
If it wasn't for the fact that Li Dong had done well in the mock exam and his ranking had risen by eight or nine places, Chen Guohua would never have allowed him to take leave.
Even so, Chen Guohua's expression did not look good.
When he got home, it was already 3: 30 in the afternoon. Li Dong hastily made some food and prepared to go to the market.
Before he stepped out of the door, his phone rang urgently.
Glancing at the number, Li Dong slightly knitted his brows as he picked up the call and chuckled, "Hello, Big Brother Xu!"
"…"
After talking for seven or eight minutes, Li Dong put down the phone.
His brows were tightly furrowed. This phone call had caused his previously high spirits to plummet.
The call was from one of the three lobster suppliers in Dongping. The reason was that the price of lobsters had increased in May.
The weather in May was gradually getting hotter. There were more people eating lobsters than before, and the price of lobsters had also increased.
In the past, the supplier had supplied Li Dong with two yuan per catty. Just now, the call said that the price had increased to three yuan, and they asked Li Dong if he still wanted more.
Although Li Dong had long expected this day to come, he still felt the pinch when he saw his earnings shrink by a chunk in an instant.
Li Dong knew that the price increase was just the beginning. In June, the price difference between Pingchuan and Dongping would gradually become the same. At that time, there would be no room for him to survive.
In the next hour, Li Dong received calls from a few suppliers. They all said that the price increase was about the same in the surrounding counties. Naturally, the price increase would not be limited to just one supplier.
One by one, he told the suppliers to continue supplying. Li Dong also made a few calls to Pingchuan.
The results were not too good. Although the lobster market in Pingchuan was also hot, the price did not change much. There was no room for the wholesale price to increase for the time being.
After sitting on the sofa and thinking for a while, Li Dong finally adjusted his state of mind.
"After all, it is not a serious business. Until now, I have already earned more than two million. What is there to be dissatisfied with?" Li Dong muttered to himself. It was a form of self-comfort.
Also, it was not that the business was going to stop all of a sudden. It was just that he would earn less. According to the current profit, he could still earn about fifty to sixty thousand a day.
There were still about twenty days until the end of the month. During this period, the price should not change much. That meant that he could earn at least one million.
Together with the six to seven hundred thousand in his card, it should not be a problem to raise two million.
With two million, after deducting the one million and one hundred thousand for the renovation, the remaining money should be enough to fund the supermarket in the future.
When the supermarket officially opened for business, there would be income. It should be more than enough to pay off the loan and the wages of the employees.
Heaving a sigh of relief, he looked up at the time. It was already half past seven. Li Dong did not expect that he would spend so much time thinking.
His parents would be back soon, and Qin Yuhan could not come out at night. After thinking about it, he had nothing to do. It was better for him to do some revision.
…
When Li Chengyuan and Cao Fang returned home, they saw Li Dong reading seriously in the room. Both of them smiled.
After asking Li Dong to come out for dinner, Cao Fang asked with concern, "Son, the exam is coming soon. Are you confident?"
Li Chengyuan glared at her and pretended not to care. "Don't listen to your mother. Just do your best. No matter which school you go to, we have no opinion."
Li Dong pretended not to see the eye contact between the two and said indifferently, "It should not be a big problem. Anyway, I have a ninety percent chance of passing the university."
"You are so confident? Is it one or two books? "
Cao Fang continued to ask. There was a difference between one and two books.
"One book. It should be enough." After drinking the soup in the bowl, Li Dong touched his belly to digest.
Cao Fang was overjoyed and said quickly, "Good son! Let's go to the market for lunch tomorrow. Mom will buy you delicious food to nourish your brain. "
"Don't!"
Li Dong's face turned green. He smiled bitterly and said, "Mom, who told you what to eat to nourish your brain? Is the pig brain for people to eat?"
Last time, his mother said she would nourish his brain, but she gave him a pig brain stewed with gastrodia elata. It almost made Li Dong vomit.
"Who said it can't nourish his brain? What does a child know? I asked a lot of people and they said so."
Cao Fang muttered a few words. Seeing her son's face was not good, she had to give up the idea.
Li Chengyuan silently listened to the conversation between the mother and son. Although he did not say it, he was very happy in his heart.
If his son could really get a bachelor's degree, it would really be a blessing to the Li family.
The three generations of the Li family were born in poor farmers. It was not until Li Chengyuan's generation that they began to work in the city. The two brothers in the family were uneducated.
If he could cultivate a university student for Old Li's family, then he would have face when he went back to the grave in the future.
Li Chengyuan was happy in his heart. After a tiring day, he did not even have the mood to sleep. He just wanted to have a good chat with his son.
Seeing Cao Fang clean up the dishes and went to the kitchen, Li Chengyuan lowered his voice and said, "Dongzi, when you are admitted to the university, Dad will buy you a computer!"
Li Dong was shocked. He looked back at the kitchen and asked in a low voice, "Dad, do you have private money?"
Computers were not cheap these days. In addition, Li Dong used to like to play online games. Cao Fang would never agree to buy a computer for Li Dong.
Li Chengyuan definitely did not use the family's money. It could only be his private money.
Li Chengyuan smiled and was a little proud. He squeezed his eyebrows and said, "I saved it for several years. I originally wanted to wait for the day when I make money to buy a bigger house so that you can marry a wife in the future."
"But if you can get into a good university, you will definitely go to a big city in the future. Dad's money will not be enough then. It's better to buy you a computer."
Li Chengyuan said it simply, but Li Dong felt uncomfortable listening to it.
His father had suffered for a lifetime. It was not easy for him to have some private money, but he still thought about himself. He never thought about himself.
In his previous life, his father did not buy him a computer. He must have thought that his university was not very good. In the future, he would still need the money. At that time, he must have wanted to save it to buy a house for himself.
Unfortunately, in the end, the money should have been used to treat his illness. He saved it for a lifetime and finally gave it to the hospital.
Seeing that Li Dong did not say anything, Li Chengyuan thought that he was overjoyed. He said happily, "Kid, don't tell your mother. When you finish the college entrance examination, I will secretly buy it for you."
"En, I won't say. Dad, you should keep the money for yourself. I have money … "
"How much money do you have? Don't save your pocket money. If I say that I will buy you a computer, I will definitely buy it for you. I don't usually use it anyway." Li Chengyuan interrupted Li Dong's words and made the final decision.
Li Dong did not know whether to laugh or cry. He wanted to say something, but he paused and did not speak.
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