After Zhao Hui checked the hides, loaded them, and paid, he left with the vehicle without lingering a moment.
As he left, Zhao Hui told Li Long that he would probably come again in June or July and hoped Li Long would have a surprise for him then.
Li Long thought there would be no surprises. Winter was the best time to collect hides, and when they fetched the highest prices. By spring and summer, the animals would shed their coats, the hides would no longer be worth as much, and the wild animals would no longer be so concentrated. How could there possibly be a surprise?
Li Long counted the money he had. He could only make a rough calculation now-after selling these hides, his net profit was 4,100 yuan.
Not much.
But this was only his first small trial, and the Purchasing Station hadn't been open continuously.
Besides, this was also the first time he had steered others toward hunting Mongolian gazelles up north at the start of the year.
Li Long believed that this winter, large numbers of people would hunt Mongolian gazelles, skin them, and bring the hides to the Purchasing Station to sell.
Then there would be more hides.
Of course, more hides would inevitably bring competitors. Li Long wasn't afraid of that. Competition was good; monopolies never came to a good end.
With the hides cleared out, a large space opened up in the side room, just in time to make room for the things the Purchasing Station would buy and store next.
The more kinds of goods he bought, the more storage space he needed.
The Purchasing Station itself had plenty of space, but Li Long didn't live there, so it wasn't very safe at night.
Or rather, he felt it wasn't very