Chapter 316 Meeting

Nowadays, lipstick has become a favorite of young ladies in provincial cities, and everyone is proud to be able to buy every color.

Le Zhengxiao did not put all the lipsticks on the market at once, making them hard to come by and attracting great demand from ladies and young ladies.

Not only in the provincial capital, the reputation gradually spread to the surrounding cities. Many ladies even specially ordered their housekeepers to queue up to buy the products, or asked local relatives to help buy them.

As a result, the sales of other products in his cosmetics shop were also booming, and he made a lot of money.

Originally, Le Zhengxiao planned to price the lipstick at five taels of silver per stick. After deducting all costs, he could make a net profit of two taels per stick, which was already a lot.

After all, there is no need to worry about sales. No matter how much you have, you can sell it. A small shop can make a net profit of thousands or even tens of thousands of taels a year from this item alone. Add to that the various kinds of perfume and powder sold in combination, and you can make even more money.

You know, this is just a small shop.

The popularity of lipstick sales was beyond his expectations, so he raised the price by two taels of silver and sold it for seven taels of silver per stick.

He had originally planned to raise the price for each of Qiao Xuan's men by five cents of silver starting from this batch.

Qiao Xuan and her friends brought new colors this time, and Le Zhengxiao was more interested in them. Qiao Xuan took one out and showed it to him, explaining it to him.

This time, he brought 600 lipsticks and a small amount of lip glosses, and Le Zhengxiao naturally ate them all.

He couldn't help but sighed, "This lipstick is so popular. No matter how many Brother Shao and Sister-in-law have, I can sell them all. My eldest brother came back a few days ago and was very interested in it. If we sell it to other places, it will be a good idea. Take your time. I'm waiting for you to make it big!"

Qiao Xuan was also happy to hear this. She smiled at Shao Yunduan and said gently, "It will naturally become bigger in the future, but it is not easy to start this matter for the time being. We are very grateful that Master Lezheng can understand."

"I understand," Le Zhengxiao said with a smile, "It's never too late to make a big deal!"

Although the product was in great shortage, he had already announced that the production of this lipstick was complicated and hard to come by, so the production could not be increased. Therefore, although everyone was eagerly waiting for it, they did not complain.

In the provincial capital, the Lezheng family holds a dominant position in the business world. No one dares to plot against them easily, and no one is qualified to put pressure on them.

Moreover, he had been prepared. When he opened the store, he asked Xie Jingrong to join him, and Xie Jingrong held 20% of the shares.

With the eldest son of the Xie family around, no one would dare to act rashly even if the news spread.

After a while, Le Zhengxiao said goodbye.

He said that he would hold a banquet to welcome them at noon the next day, and would send a carriage to pick them up, and would also invite Xie Jingrong. They could stroll around freely tomorrow morning and did not have to visit him in person.

Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan were both smart people. They agreed immediately and politely sent him out.

When the waiter went into the private room to clean up, Shao Yunduan handed him a piece of silver worth about two cents and casually asked him about Le Zheng's family.

Anyone who runs a restaurant or inn is well-informed.

The guy had benefits to gain and gossip to talk about, so he started talking to them nonstop.

The two did not find it too surprising. Every wealthy family has a complex population and conflicts of interest. It is reasonable that the Le Zheng family is no exception.

What the guy said may not be entirely true, but I think it's generally correct.

(End of this chapter)