I'm back in 1990

Chapter 318: If Heaven Gave Me Another Chance

The next day, back at school, Huang Xiaochuan hung out with Ding Yi and Chen Zhe as usual. As the three of them were discussing where to go, Sang Weihong came towards them.

"Huang Xiaochuan, wait a minute, I need to talk to you."

Ding Yi whispered to Huang Xiaochuan, "Be careful, this woman has been looking for you several times yesterday."

Huang Xiaochuan nodded to indicate that he understood.

Ding Yi took Chen Zhe and left, leaving Huang Xiaochuan to deal with Sang Weihong alone.

Sang Weihong immediately asked, "Where did you go yesterday? I looked for you several times according to your class schedule but couldn't find you."

"Then why don't you call me!" As soon as he said this, Huang Xiaochuan felt it was unnecessary. His mobile phone was switched off and left at home yesterday, and he couldn't get through no matter how hard he tried!

As expected, Sang Weihong looked furious: "You can throw away that crappy phone of yours. I've tried calling more than a dozen times and still can't get through. Did you skip class?"

How could Huang Xiaochuan possibly admit it? Although it wasn't a big deal for him, he would keep it a secret if he could, to avoid having to explain himself.

"No! Maybe I went to the restroom then?"

Sang Weihong looked at Huang Xiaochuan with a mocking expression: "I've looked for you five times. Did you go to the bathroom all five times? That's too much of a coincidence!"

Huang Xiaochuan didn't want to get entangled with Sang Weihong on this issue any further, so he changed the subject and asked, "What do you want from me? It's not too late to tell me now."

"Well, the school's Youth League Committee was planning to organize some activities to show their support before the New Year. You know, the school's budget is a bit tight, and the amount they're giving is too little. So I thought of Jiang Bixing, since he's a graduate of our school, and I went to him to ask for some sponsorship. But I didn't expect him to be so stingy. He wouldn't give me a single penny. It made me so angry."

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Upon hearing this, Huang Xiaochuan felt much more relieved.

Jiang Bixing was not wrong to refuse to sponsor Sang Weihong. Running a business is about exchanging benefits. Jiang Bixing would definitely not be happy to spend money and goods for no reason and not get any return.

"What did you ask him for?"

"Thirty bags of rice, thirty barrels of salad oil, and some laundry detergent and soap."

"Is that all?" Huang Xiaochuan thought for a moment and decided to consider it as support for Sang Weihong's work.

"Then I'll ask around for you! I'm not making any guarantees!"

Seeing that Huang Xiaochuan agreed to ask around for her, Sang Weihong was overjoyed: "I don't need your guarantee, if it works, great, if not, forget it!"

Huang Xiaochuan agreed, so Jiang Bixing would definitely comply! Soon, Sang Weihong received the rice, oil, and other items she needed. She excitedly asked Huang Xiaochuan, "How can I thank you? Just name your price, as long as it's within my power."

Huang Xiaochuan said disdainfully, "Forget it! You're so poor you're begging for alms everywhere, what are you going to thank me for? I don't need a meal from you, let's just leave it at that, no need for your thanks."

"Really don't want it? This might be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

"I have other things to do, so I won't keep you from your business. You should go and deliver the warmth!"

Huang Xiaochuan waved and left, but as he walked, he realized something was wrong. The school wasn't short of money, was it? They were making a fortune from producing supplementary teaching materials; this amount was a drop in the ocean for the supplementary teaching center! Sang Weihong was the founder of the center; getting sponsorships was a piece of cake for her. Damn it, it seemed he'd been tricked again, a sucker once more!

Meanwhile, Sang Weihong was grinding his teeth in frustration. This kid was too cunning; he just wouldn't take the bait!

One Sunday in mid-January, Huang Xiaochuan received a call from Jiang Bixing.

"Chairman, the wine you asked me to buy has arrived. Where should I deliver it to?"

At that moment, Huang Xiaochuan was pushing Xiao Xuanxuan in a stroller in the garden to get some fresh air when he told Jiang Bixing Yu Wei's address.

"Old Jiang, have someone deliver the liquor to the address I just gave you, and give it to a guy surnamed Yu. His cell phone number is 9xx8384. Did you write it down?"

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"Okay, I'll have someone send it over now."

Half an hour later, Yu Wei called. His voice was loud and strong, and his tone was filled with anger.

"Huang Xiaochuan, are you crazy? Why did you send over so much wine?"

"Hey! That's rare! You actually complain about having too much stuff?" Huang Xiaochuan was still unaware of the situation.

Yu Wei stared at the truckload of Moutai liquor and yelled at his boss, "Are you out of your mind? A few cases would have been fine, but what the hell do you mean by sending me a whole truckload? Are you trying to make me drink myself to death?"

Huang Xiaochuan was momentarily confused: "A truckload?"

"That's right, it's just one truckload. The delivery driver said it's three tons of Moutai, a total of 1,062 cases."

"Wait a minute, I'll call you back later. Something might have gone wrong." Huang Xiaochuan also sensed that something was amiss.

He immediately called Jiang Bixing: "Old Jiang, how much wine did you buy for me?"

"Three tons! It's not easy to get Feitian Moutai for export. I only managed to get half a ton. The rest are Five Star Moutai, but most of them are from 93, and some are from 90, 91, and 92. I had them put aside separately."

"Did I tell you to buy me three tons?"

"You said you'd buy more Feitian and Wuxing Moutai with iron caps for me, the earlier the better, buy as much as you can. I searched all the tobacco and liquor companies in Shanghai and only managed to get three tons. If you give me more time, I'll have someone go directly to the Moutai distillery to buy it."

Huang Xiaochuan covered his face, thinking, "Damn it! What kind of mess is this?!"

This was a huge misunderstanding. Huang Xiaochuan, who had been reborn, assumed that genuine Moutai liquor was hard to buy, so he told Jiang Bixing to buy more. As a result, Jiang Bixing bought as much as he could. In addition, considering Huang Xiaochuan's usual behavior as a rich kid at school and his current true identity, Jiang Bixing used his connections to find people and did his best to buy three tons of Moutai through legitimate channels.

Actually, Moutai was not hard to buy during this period. The consumer base for Moutai is not as large as it is in later years because wealthy people nowadays tend to admire foreign things and prefer foreign liquors and cigarettes. Therefore, the golden age of Moutai has not yet arrived.

Furthermore, since Jiang Bixing understood Huang Xiaochuan's words to mean "as much as you have," he was bound to buy everything in sight!

Huang Xiaochuan's original words were that this wine might be hard to find, so he should try to buy as much as possible.

Information asymmetry led to this blunder.

Since things had already come to this, Huang Xiaochuan had no choice but to say to Jiang Bixing, "Tell the delivery guy to unload ten boxes first, and take the rest to your warehouse for storage. I'll get them from you when I need them. By the way, how much did it cost in total?"

"On average, each bottle costs 280 yuan. There are a total of 6372 bottles, and with shipping costs, the total cost is 1.8 million yuan."

"Have someone deliver the list and invoice to Guangde, and I'll have him transfer the money to you."

After hanging up the phone, Huang Xiaochuan's temples throbbed uncontrollably, and he rubbed them for a long time.

She lost interest in taking care of the child and returned Xiaoxuan to her mother.

Zeng Hong was unhappy. She was watching a TV series, and it was right at the climax of the plot.

While picking up the child, he complained, "What kind of person is he? One minute he wants to take care of the child, the next he doesn't! What a jerk!"

After receiving instructions, the deliveryman unloaded ten cases of Moutai and left them at Yu Wei's house. At that time, Moutai was still packaged in boxes of six, so ten cases meant sixty bottles. The rest were taken away.

It really came and went quickly. Looking at the ten cases of Moutai in his house, Yu Wei regretted it a little. He shouldn't have made that phone call. But when he saw so much liquor, Yu Wei's first thought was that there was no room in the house!

Many years later, Yu Wei would always say with regret, "Once, a thousand cases of Moutai were delivered to my door, with iron caps, but I refused them outright. If God gave me that chance again, I would definitely keep them all."

Others might think Yu Wei was bragging, but Huang Xiaochuan knew that Yu Wei really wasn't.