When they signed the agreement, it was written that the next truffle harvest season would begin in the following year.
Xia Ruofei's truffles were actually the last train. The last auction was when the truffles had just been put on the market. Now, it was basically the season when the truffles were about to go off the market. It belonged to the same truffle harvest season, so it naturally wasn't within the scope of the agreement.
Old Blake smiled awkwardly and said, "Mr. Xia, I'm not accusing you of breaching the agreement. Of course, your behavior is completely in line with the requirements of the agreement. I'm just … just making a suggestion. But I think my suggestion should be in line with the common interests of both of us."
Xia Ruofei faintly said, "Mr. Blake, this auction has been hyped up for many days, and many guests have come from far away from America just for our truffles. I don't think there's any room for change. So … if Mr. Blake is interested in our truffles, you can pay more attention at the auction … "
Old Blake showed a trace of disappointment. Of course, he didn't have much hope before he came. Just like what Xia Ruofei said just now, there were so many rich people coming from all over the world. How could Xia Ruofei go back on his words?
Even if Old Blake offered a higher price than the estimated closing price, Xia Ruofei wouldn't disregard his reputation for a little bit of money.
Therefore, Old Blake came with the idea of playing with fire. Even if his wish didn't come true, he was already mentally prepared.
In fact, this was just a foreshadowing. After Old Blake pretended to be pitiful for a while, he finally said the real purpose of his visit to Xia Ruofei. "Mr. Xia, I noticed that the auction brochure didn't clearly state the specific number of truffles to be auctioned, so …"
A smile appeared on Xia Ruofei's face as he asked, "So you wish to purchase a portion of truffles from me?"
This was equivalent to an over-the-counter transaction in the stock market.
"Yes!" Old Blake said, "Xia, the price I offer will definitely not be lower than the auction price! We can estimate the price according to the last auction. If the price is higher than our estimate, our Black Family can make up for the difference! "
Xia Ruofei shrugged and said, "If that's the case, wouldn't it be better for Mr. Blake to compete directly at the auction? You can also get what you want, and you can also display the strength of the Black Family. It's the best of both worlds, so why not? "
Old Blake smiled bitterly in his heart and said, "I just want to reduce some trouble! Xia, you won't suffer any losses from this deal. You can consider it … "
In fact, Old Blake naturally wouldn't personally visit Xia Ruofei to discuss the trade in advance just because he found it troublesome.
In fact, because of the success of the last auction, more people responded to the news of this auction. The Black family's biggest competitor in Europe, the Lehmann family, was also very interested in this batch of truffles. They mobilized a lot of funds and prepared to show off their skills at the auction.
The Lehmann family and the Black family were both well-known truffle families in Europe. The two families belonged to different traditional truffle production areas, so they were competitors in the first place.
According to Blake's judgment, since the auction this time was so fierce, the truffles that were put up for auction would definitely not be worse than the last time.
In this way, there would be a fierce battle at the auction.
Moreover, Old Blake and the Lehmann family, Glorfen and Lehmann, were old enemies. He was worried that Glorfen would maliciously bid at the auction and spend some money to make Old Blake lose face. Glorfen would be very willing to do so.
When the time came, there might not be enough truffles, so he would have to spend a lot of money.
Although he promised not to lower the auction price, as long as he had this batch of truffles, the Black family wouldn't frequently bid at the auction. In this way, the final price would likely be reduced by a lot.
In this way, the Black family would definitely not lose out.
Unfortunately, Old Blake had a good plan. Xia Ruofei wasn't a greenhorn. He had already figured out the key points in this matter. Although he didn't know about the Lehmann family, Xia Ruofei could quickly determine that the auction price would be lower because the Black family had withdrawn from the competition.
Moreover, Xia Ruofei didn't intend to sell the truffles in private at all. This time, he was here to promote the Taoyuan Company. Naturally, the more good things that appeared at the auction, the better.
Therefore, Xia Ruofei immediately smiled and said, "Mr Blake, although I really want to help you, I can't … Although the brochure doesn't specify the number of truffles, the agreement we signed with Hengfeng Auction House clearly specifies the specifications and number of the auction items. I can't go against the spirit of the agreement just to help you!"
In fact, the Taoyuan Company and Hengfeng Group didn't sign any agreement at all. They didn't need to sign an agreement. This was just a shield that Xia Ruofei used to reject Old Blake.
Moreover, this shield could be said to be invulnerable. Old Blake had no way of trying to persuade Xia Ruofei. Let's not talk about who would bear the losses caused by the breach of the agreement. Don't you Westerners value the spirit of the agreement the most? You can't instigate me to take the initiative to breach the agreement!
Sure enough, Old Blake's expression was bitter. He knew that this time, he would definitely return without success.
Old Blake thought to himself, Looks like it's impossible to take a shortcut … I still have to fight with that old man Glorfen at the auction!
Just thinking about this gave Old Blake a headache.
Unexpectedly, Xia Ruofei suddenly said, "Mr. Blake, if you're interested, we still have some truffles left from this season. After the auction, we can trade all of them to you."
Old Blake seemed to have heard the sound of nature. He quickly said, "I'm interested! Of course I'm interested! Xia, how many truffles do you have left? The Blake family wants all of them! "
Although it was the new year of truffles, this kind of high-end ingredient was always in short supply. Especially with the involvement of the Taoyuan Company's top-grade truffles, it created a catfish effect. In order to ensure market share, they had to open up as many channels as possible. Just relying on the truffles produced by the family's truffles production area was definitely not enough, because competitors would buy the truffles through the auction.
Moreover, Xia Ruofei's truffles were all top-grade truffles. If competitors bought too many of them, it would have a huge impact on the market.
Xia Ruofei was willing to trade the rest of the truffles to the Blake family, so they didn't have to worry about the auction. They could even deliberately raise the price to stop the Lehmann family.
There were simply too many benefits if one side were to be weakened while the other was strengthened.
Xia Ruofei said, "Mr. Blake, I'll say the ugly words first. The truffles that weren't auctioned are definitely not as good as the ones that appeared in the auction."
Xia Ruofei harvested all the truffles produced this season. For this purpose, he brought Little Black and the others into the space. With several dogs working together, Little Black and the others' sense of smell was now many times more sensitive than ordinary dogs. It could be said that they didn't leave any blind spots.
Naturally, the ones that were auctioned were the big truffles. This was equivalent to the company's face, the company's business card! As for the smaller ones, Xia Ruofei collected them all in the space.
He didn't like to eat truffles, and he didn't need that much to entertain guests. Therefore, when he saw Old Blake, he had a sudden impulse to simply sell all the truffles to the Blake family.
"It doesn't matter! It doesn't matter! "Old Blake said.
He knew that this was certainly unavoidable, and he was mentally prepared for it.
"In terms of price, it has to be 80% of the actual transaction price at the auction." Xia Ruofei raised another condition.
Old Blake hesitated. The transaction price at the auction was generally higher than the market price, especially for the best truffles, which were in short supply. What Xia Ruofei was going to provide to the auction would certainly be the super heavy truffles from last time. Such a top quality truffle often couldn't be measured by the market price. It was very likely that it would be sold for a sky-high price during the auction.
If they were to trade according to the transaction price at the auction, even with a 20% discount, Old Blake's heart wouldn't be confident. After all, he knew that Xia Ruofei would trade some smaller truffles to him after the auction. The actual value would be greatly reduced.
After Xia Ruofei raised the conditions, he didn't rush Old Blake. He just smiled and quietly waited for Old Blake's answer.
He was just doing this business in passing. It would be good if he could make more money, but if he couldn't do this business, Xia Ruofei didn't care. He was already past the stage of being extremely short of money, and the company wasn't in urgent need of money for the time being.
Old Blake didn't dare to hesitate for too long. He asked, "Mr. Xia, may I ask, the truffles you are going to trade to us, in terms of quality …"
"They are from the same place of origin as the truffles at the auction, and the quality is roughly the same," Xia Ruofei said directly. "The only difference should be that they are lighter."
Old Blake asked again, "How many of these truffles can you provide?"
Xia Ruofei did a little calculation and said, "No less than 50 kilograms!"
Hearing this, Old Blake didn't hesitate anymore. He immediately said, "We want this batch of truffles!"
Good truffles were sold by the gram. Xia Ruofei provided 50 kilograms in one go. This was already half of the annual supply agreed between the Blake family and the Taoyuan Company. Last time, the two sides agreed that it wouldn't be less than 100 kilograms per year.
He didn't know that in traditional truffle production areas, truffle hunters would only find one truffle after searching for half a day in the oak forest. In Xia Ruofei's Ring-Tu space, there were a lot of truffles under every oak tree. They were like sweet potatoes growing near the roots of the oak trees.
This was under the condition that Xia Ruofei didn't deliberately expand the scale. Otherwise, it wouldn't be difficult to produce tons of truffles every year.
In that case, it would really have a fatal impact on the truffle market.
It was important to note that the global annual production of black truffles was about 35 tons, and white truffles were extremely rare. The global annual production was only about 3 tons.
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