Naruto: Koharu's Return to Koharu's Road to Restoration of Konoha

"Our current share is less than 40%."

After hearing Dr. Kazuki's words, the teenagers and Chief Funaki fell into silence.

The reserved medicinal materials were being depleted day by day. They sent a message back to Konoha to ask people in the village to urgently expand the greenhouses for growing certain medicinal materials. At the same time, as Koharu said, they enlisted medical clinics and doctors from various channels to join forces to jointly resist the skyrocketing prices of medicinal materials.

But even if Dr. Heshu had all the contacts he had over the years and offered preferential prices on various products from the Economic Cooperation Council, joint procurement still only accounted for more than 30% of the purchase volume.

"Wait a moment." Xiaochun sat firmly and spoke in a steady tone.

"Xiaochun!" Jing and Ayan ran in panting.

"Mr. Kato is willing to give us a chance!"

Kato Matsu is the owner of the largest medical clinic in the Land of Fire. He was once the imperial physician of the Daimyo. After his resignation, he relied on his excellent management level and excellent medical skills to continue to expand the business he founded. The transaction volume of his family alone can account for More than 10% of the trading market in the Country of Fire.

But precisely because he has sufficient capital, voice, and bargaining power, Kato Matsu himself has always had little interest in joint procurement.

Mito Kadoyan took out the scroll, "He said that as long as we can find his daughter's comb, he will join our joint purchase."

"This is a sample of a comb."

"You are really rich. You can trade a comb for such a big market." Kaori's eyes widened.

Takuya frowned, "This task is easy to say and difficult to say."

"Yeah" Kaito yawned, "It's like looking for a needle in a haystack, where are we going?"

Before he could finish his words, there was a "pop" sound, and the scroll in Dr. Heshu's hand fell to the ground.

"No need to look for it." His voice was low and dry. "I have this comb right here."

People present were greatly confused.

With the addition of Mr. Kato, the share of joint procurement quickly exceeded half.

"We will divide the share in half, invite bids separately, and let the merchants compete before supplying us." Xiaochun's face was filled with excitement, but his eyes were so dark that it was scary.

Mito Monobu was a little puzzled, "If you want merchants to hand over more benefits, shouldn't you give yourself as much share as possible and choose the best quality and lowest price among the medicinal merchants?"

Xiaochun's smile became even a little evil, "Nowadays, there are only a few major suppliers in the medicinal materials market. Only children make choices, and of course adults do."

Mito Menyan tried to remind: "Do you still remember that you were noble this year?"

"Ahem," Xiaochun straightened his expression, "The big medicinal herb dealers will definitely not let up at first. Don't worry about them running away. They will try their best to lower the price. Give me the medicinal materials that cost 200 taels per catty and increase the price to 2 taels per catty."

Everyone made eye contact with each other, not knowing what kind of medicine Xiaochun Gourd was selling.

As she expected, the medicinal material dealers really thought that they could be dealt with by offering some small favors. But the teenagers have the confidence to share and Xiaochun's arrangements are all serious.

At the northern procurement meeting, the two negotiating parties refused to give in to each other, and the atmosphere fell into a stalemate for a time. The herbal medicine merchant used withdrawal as a means to put pressure on them, and Mito Menyan raised his hand and smashed the cup into pieces.

"If you leave this door today, you will never have to come in again."

As expected, the medicinal material dealer did not dare to leave. After difficult negotiations, the medicinal materials were sold at a reasonable price.

At the southern purchasing meeting, the negotiators sent by the medicinal dealers were even more stubborn.

"Is it really impossible to lower prices any further?" Xiaochun asked the negotiator.

"No." The representative raised his eyes higher.

As long as the pressure is enough, the little girl opposite will have to back down and obediently take out the money.

Xiaochun put down the pen in his hand and said, "Then let's ask a few people to prepare for the return journey."

After speaking, he turned around and left without stopping.

Turning around, the Southern Purchasing Association signed a contract with the second of the three major herbal medicine dealers. They were eager to see the signings from the Northern Purchasing Association and couldn't wait to get a piece of the pie.

Xiaochun received the news that the negotiation team they sent back was sent by the Kojima family. After learning that his opponent had won purchase orders one after another, he was so angry that he fired the entire negotiation team.

After recalling the frozen expressions of the negotiators before they left, Lu Cheng said to Xiaochun: "They are the ones who are passive now."

"Preparing for the second round of bidding in a week, let A Yan and others prepare to eat this piece of fat." After Xiaochun said this calmly, she went back to her defensive formation.

Lu Cheng looked at her back with a deep look. Others couldn't understand it, but he could.

Give two peaches to the merchants outside, letting them think that they have a choice, but they will never have more than the medicinal merchants, so that they will fall into the situation of being chosen.

Medicinal material merchants will continue to feel unbalanced when they learn that they have signed orders with other suppliers. They will watch the purchase amount being divided up little by little, like ants on a hot pot.

But they have another purchasing group as a fallback. What to do if the talks break down? Let’s open a second round of bidding. Let the medicinal material dealers calm down when faced with the orders received by their competitors, and then consider the price. After thinking about it, they still have to come back to sign the order with another group. From my side, it's just putting the things in one pocket into another pocket.

In this way, not only will there be sufficient supply of goods, but also risks can be resisted. There is also room for selection to prevent the increasing confusion of a single source of goods and the possible joint price increases by suppliers in single-channel procurement.

When he went to bed in Xiaochun, Lu Cheng read the name twice in his mind. If he had read a "magnificent book" from another world, he would definitely say those four words: so terrifying.