The route of transmission of mad cow disease was from diseased cattle – bone powder ground from the viscera and bones of diseased cattle – cattle feed – originally healthy cattle – people.
Assuming that there was some kind of dog food that caused problems, a similar route of transmission should be from diseased dogs – a certain part of a diseased dog's body – dog food – originally healthy dogs.
In developed western countries, the route of transmission ended here.
However, in some other countries, the route of transmission had not stopped here.
Most Chinese people did not eat dog meat, but there were a few people who liked it.
Stray dogs were not necessarily stray dogs from birth. They may have had owners who loved them, but later they were abandoned by their owners for some reason and became stray dogs. Before being abandoned, they may also have enjoyed the dog food fed by their owners every day. It may have been the domestic dog food that Zhang Zian fed to stray dogs every day, or it may have been the one promoted by Qi Tong. Any kind of dog food was possible.
Of course, this speculation only flashed vaguely in Zhang Zian's mind because he had been to the waste purchase station and seen the dirty environment there with his own eyes. There were flies, mosquitoes, rats, cockroaches, fleas, arthropods everywhere … In that kind of environment, it was not surprising to contract any strange disease.
There was news before that a high-tech secret unit had a car accident or a mistake while transporting a batch of sealed barrels containing radioactive elements. In short, several sealed barrels were lost and then picked up by several villagers as a rare thing. They had no common sense and had never even gone to school. They did not recognize the bright warning colors and the warning signs of radioactive elements on the sealed barrels. They thought that the barrels were filled with something good, so they smashed the barrels when they got home. As a result, the whole family died of a strange disease.
The people at the waste purchase station were also uneducated. It could also be a strange disease caused by similar reasons or other reasons. Just because he saw a dog food with some ambiguous ingredients list, he suspected that it was related to dog food and dog meat. It was not in line with the spirit of science. It was better to let the doctors at the CDC make a professional diagnosis.
Even so, Zhang Zian did not want to accept dog food with ambiguous ingredients. If there was a problem, it would affect the reputation of the store. He was also disgusted with Qi Tong's behavior of bribing the internal personnel of competitors to poach his customers.
Seeing that Zhang Zian refused, Qi Tong did not give up because he knew that the purchase volume of dog food in this store was too large. He did not care what the dog food was used for, but he must not miss such a big business.
"Brother, don't be in a hurry to refuse. At least listen to the price before you decide!" Qi Tong pushed the dog food back.
"Alright, what's the price?"
Since she was welcoming him with a smile, Zhang Zian couldn't force her to stay a thousand miles away, so he asked her a question as per usual.
He didn't have any expectations for the price. After all, this was imported dog food, and it couldn't be cheaper than domestic dog food.
"This bag is 2.5 pounds, almost 1 kilogram. The suggested retail price is 69.99 yuan," Qi Tong said.
Zhang Zian frowned. This price was very cheap for imported dog food. Including tariffs, it was about 10 US dollars, so it should be cheaper in the United States … But it was hard to say. It was possible that they were starting a price war in the early stages to seize the market. If they encountered customers who did not have a very rich budget but wanted to buy imported dog food, it should be easy to sell.
However, this was still far beyond his budget because most of his dog food was fed to stray dogs. The price was still too expensive compared to domestic dog food.
"Forget it … I'll just use domestic dog food …" He refused again.
"Don't worry, the suggested retail price is 69.99 yuan, but if you buy from me, I'll give you a very discounted purchase price – 50 yuan." Qi Tong stretched out a palm.
"That's still expensive." Zhang Zian shook his head. One kilogram of dog food cost 50 yuan. The stray dogs could make him bankrupt in a day.
Qi Tong looked back at the shop assistants and saw that they were all busy with their own things. They were far away from him and Zhang Zian. He lowered his voice and said, "The purchase price is 50 yuan. As long as you agree to buy from me, I will give you a rebate of 10 yuan for every bag of dog food you sell. How about it? If you buy a lot of dog food, the price can be discussed again! "
"What?"
Zhang Zian was shocked. How much was the cost of this dog food? How could he give such a large rebate!
Qi Tong thought he didn't hear clearly and said it again.
Zhang Zian finally understood that Qi Tong had misunderstood him and regarded him as the store manager because that was what Lu Yi Yun called him.
Generally speaking, the store manager and the owner of a small street store were not necessarily the same person. The owner may own more than one store or did not know how to run a business, so he would hire someone who knew to be the store manager. It was just like the boss and the general manager of a company were often not the same person. The former was responsible for money, while the latter was a professional responsible for making money.
If Zhang Zian was just the store manager and received a monthly salary and bonus from the boss, it would be difficult for him to refuse such a big temptation. There would be a rebate of 10 yuan for selling a bag of dog food. As long as he strongly recommended this dog food to customers every day, it would be a large amount of money after a month, and the boss would not know about it.
A similar example would be how pharmaceutical representatives used to provide huge drug rebates to doctors who had the right to prescribe drugs in the hospital. In this way, doctors would specially prescribe drugs with high rebates to patients for their own interests, regardless of whether the patients really needed it or not. The price of the drug itself was very expensive, and it would be a huge profit every month.
However, he was the store manager and also the boss. It was just that Lu Yi Yun was used to calling him the store manager.
What was the point of him asking for rebates? Anyway, it was all his own money. It was better to directly change the purchase price to 40 yuan.
But for those pet shops where the store manager and the owner were not the same, I'm afraid that those store managers would easily fall into the trap of high rebates, deceiving and stuffing their own pockets. Anyway, it's not like they're doing anything evil. They're just promoting dog food. Compared to the black-hearted doctors, they're already very conscientious!
In order to prevent the staff from noticing anything unusual, the store manager could even work with the staff to get a rebate of 10 yuan for each bag sold, and then generously give the staff two or three yuan …
The more Zhang Zian thought about it, the more he felt a chill down his spine. With such a crazy monetary offensive and marketing effort, it was only a matter of time before this American dog food swept the national market!
If the dog food itself was of good quality and low price, it would be a win-win situation. However, the cost was so compressed that it was hard to imagine the quality of the dog food.
If it was only a quality problem, such as false nutrition content, it would be fine. If the dog food itself had more serious safety hazards, the consequences would be unimaginable …
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