Chapter 550 Brainstorming

In the meeting room, Song Yu and other managers who were able to be present were all present.

It was the first time that Qin Yao stepped into this new and spacious meeting hall. The classical style of the brick and wood structure was grand and elegant. It was hard to imagine that such a house would appear in a small mountain village.

Carpenter Liu's aesthetic taste was indeed online. Qin Yao was secretly satisfied in her heart and felt that asking Carpenter Liu to come back to help set up the new factory was the best decision this year.

In the spacious meeting hall, there is a huge long table placed horizontally, and the tabletop is made of a complete ancient tree.

All around are natural benches made from various wood roots, all uniformly coated with varnish, exuding a very warm wood color.

Qin Yao sat down in the main seat and went straight to the point.

"I think everyone has heard about the good news from the capital. I am as happy as you are, but let's put the celebration aside for now."

Qin Yao smiled at Yunniang and the others, "We will deliver the second batch of goods to Fulong Company before the New Year. You can calculate how many ladies' boxes we can make and deliver now."

Yunniang and the purchasing officer Liu Zhong immediately started calculating in a low voice and finally came up with a more accurate number.

Liu Zhong said: "After deducting the distance spent on delivery, we still have two full months, October and November, for production. Yunniang and I just did a rough estimate. At our current speed, with the whole factory rotating constantly, we can deliver about 2,600 book boxes."

"But!" Yunniang added seriously, "The embroiderers in the embroidery room may not be able to keep up, so we need to recruit more people. And at the jade factory, although we have already stockpiled some jade of the same color, we have to standardize the color. Among the more than 2,600 book boxes, I'm afraid 30% will be mixed colors."

After hearing what the two said, everyone present frowned.

They all knew the selling price of the Ladies' Box. According to general experience, the more the better, and they would make as much money as they could, so as to avoid being like the Divine Book Box, which was powerless in the future and would be difficult to make money.

But if the quality is not uniform and the reputation is ruined, we naturally cannot do that.

Liu Qi asked anxiously, "How many high-quality ladies' boxes can we hand over?"

Yunniang said with some regret: "If we don't increase the number of people in the embroidery workshop, then the conservative estimate is that we can only produce 1,500 to 1,600 pieces."

Even so, the embroiderers still have to endure for a while, working day and night.

Of course, the more you work, the more you get, and you won’t be paid less than you deserve.

Everyone looked at Qin Yao anxiously, thinking that she would not be satisfied with this number.

Unexpectedly, Qin Yao held her forehead and sighed, saying, "Too many."

Seeing that all the managers looked puzzled as soon as she finished speaking, Qin Yao felt even more headache because they were all honest people.

She had wanted to test how much awareness people had about the brand, but to her surprise, there was none at all.

However, Shunzi suddenly raised his hand, indicating that he had something to say.

Qin Yao nodded and motioned for him to speak.

Shunzi said anxiously, "Rare goods are valuable. Everyone should know this. If we hand over more than a thousand ladies' boxes at once, will anyone still spend a hundred taels of silver to buy them?"

Everyone present knew very well that the cost of a lady's box was less than eight taels of silver. Even if the commission paid to Fulong Trading Company was taken into account, it was still a huge profit.

No matter how finely they are made, they are still made of cloth, jade, and wood.

Shunzi said sincerely, "I think we only need to take out 500, and we need to do it more slowly and more carefully, making sure each one is perfect, few and fine, so that people want it but cannot get it, that is the long-term solution."

Shunzi has been in charge of foreign affairs in the factory. From time to time, he has to follow Liu Bo's convoy to the provincial capital to contact the manager of Fulon Trading Company. He has heard a little about Qin Yao's high-end brand sales model.

He thought this idea was brilliant when he first heard it. After seeing the popularity of the first batch of ladies' boxes, he hoped to carry out this brilliant idea to the end.

"Everyone, don't just think about taking the opportunity to make a fortune, steady and long-term development is what matters." Shunzi thought to himself, I still want to work in the stationery factory for the rest of my life.

"Shunzi is right!" Liu Fei stood up and suggested tentatively, "Manager Qin, I think five hundred is too many. Let's just hand over one hundred this time."

"Then make another hundred in reserve, and let Manager Yun think of new colors and patterns, and then put them on the market in the spring, and only in the spring. From now on, only a batch of these will be put on the market at a specific time every year, so that people can't buy them even if they want to, and have to wait."

The stewards frowned more and more after hearing this. How could they let the guests wait like this? Who would be crazy enough to wait for so long?

But Yunniang discovered that the expression on Manager Qin's face became softer and softer, and his eyes were full of surprise when he looked at Liu Fei.

Her heart skipped a beat, and she thought deeply about what Liu Fei said. Suddenly, she felt that perhaps people were very mean. The more they couldn't get something, the more they wanted it!

Moreover, in the past two years, she has seen many wealthy businessmen and tycoons who spend money like water. To these people, spending dozens or hundreds of taels of silver is just like ordinary people like them spending one or two hundred coins. They are not afraid of the high price, but they are afraid of not being able to spend the money even if they want to.

"This is very good." Yunniang murmured, "Isn't the variegated jade also another kind of uniqueness?"

When inspiration came, Yunniang couldn't wait a moment, and regardless of being at the conference table, she suddenly left her seat and rushed to her workroom.

After Liu Fei expressed his ideas and received Qin Yao's high recognition and praise, Yunniang came back with two fresh manuscripts.

Nowadays, a carpenter may not be able to write, but he must be a master of painting!

A ladies' box in a refreshing green and white color scheme, and a ladies' box in a mottled brown, gray and black color scheme, appeared clearly in front of everyone as the paper was spread out.

At this time, Yunniang might not know the concept of series products, but she had already developed such an awareness. She marked the two new manuscripts with the same "壹" symbol, and added their names after the "壹".

The first mother-of-pearl and black lacquer ladies' box sent to the capital was named Yi.Dai.

The names on these two manuscripts are [One.Chun] and [One.Cang].

In the meeting room, a group of men looked at these two new colors of ladies' boxes and couldn't help but feel excited.

"I think it looks good." Qin Yao asked everyone in surprise: "What do you think?"

Everyone nodded in agreement, and admired Yunniang for coming up with such a color combination.

Yunniang said modestly: "Thanks to Liu Fei's idea, otherwise I would not have thought of this."

Liu Fei accepted the compliment generously and continued to express his ideas with a smile. He just said that it was up to his third sister-in-law whether to adopt her ideas or not.

"I think we can also draw the story and make a small book to be included in each lady's box."

Qin Yao was surprised again and looked at Yunniang.

Yunniang waved her hands, "I can't draw the pictures in the storybook."

Liu Bo smiled and said, "Aren't there scholars in the village? Why not let them try? They can also earn some money for writing."

Qin Yao thought for a moment, yes, the village’s resources should be fully utilized!

(End of this chapter)