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With the help of Walmart's design team, the design department of Yuezhou Four Seasons Textile Factory fully mastered all production technologies.
In order to help Chen Xia get back on track as soon as possible, Robson Walton specially packed up all the product design drawings and designers needed for his supermarket and brought them with him.
All Four Seasons Textile Company has to do is produce different styles of clothes, pants, hats, bed sheets, and curtains according to the design drawings provided by Walmart, without having to rack its brains to please the client.
The two parties also agreed to maintain close contact and adjust production quantities at any time based on product sales.
As for the price, Robson Walton was really surprised, because according to calculations, the initial offer given by "Four Seasons Textile Company" was only half of Walmart's current purchase price.
This amazed the Walmart team. They never thought that for the same style, the same fabric, and the same design, China's quotation was only half of that of other countries.
At first, no one thought that cooperating with a Chinese company was a good idea, but now everyone is very impressed by the boss's long-term vision.
But these Americans never imagined that Chen Xia's bottom line was one-third of their offer.
According to the calculations of the Xiangjiang team, the profit of this one-third is several times the cost.
For example, for an ordinary cotton shirt, Walmart's purchase price in the United States is US$10, and the offer given to Four Seasons Company this time is US$5.
They thought that the $5 offer was already shady enough. If it were in another country, they would have been criticized by the media and trade unions as a black-hearted company.
But they never dreamed that the cost of a shirt in China was about US$1.2, and the total export cost was no more than US$2.
That is to say, out of the $5, the cost is $2 and the profit is $3, but Chen Xia’s bottom line is that he is willing to do it even if the purchase price is $3.
I have to say, it was a really unexpected surprise. Chen Xia had made sure to break even and make a small profit. After all, he had never thought about making money from the textile and garment factory before. He just wanted to increase the number of "hostages".
You have to know that Walmart's sales in 1986 reached more than 30 billion US dollars. Even if textiles only accounted for 10% of the sales, it would still be a 3 billion US dollar business.
As long as Chen Xia works hard to expand, even if he can only take half of the market share, it will be 1.5 billion, and the profit can even reach 800 to 900 million US dollars.
What was the concept of $900 million in the 1980s? It was enough to make you the richest man in the country. Of course, the account is not calculated that way. There are still taxes to pay, various expenses, and production line upgrades and other investments.
But the profit of several hundred million dollars a year is inevitable.
Moreover, because "Four Seasons Textile Company" is a foreign-funded enterprise, it can enjoy certain export tax rebate policies, and the profit will increase.
Chen Xia also thought of the later "Yiwu Small Commodities".
The many small sundries here are exactly what supermarkets need to purchase. As China's reputation as the "world factory" becomes more and more popular, Walmart supermarkets will certainly increase exports from China.
Now, with the relationship between the two companies, Chen Xia can continue to get a share of the pie, not limited to textiles, but also other small commodities such as daily necessities, small hardware, sporting goods, stationery and so on.
These industries all have one characteristic: low product technology content and low labor added value. It will not be difficult for Chen Xia to get involved in these industries.
He can definitely build a small commodity empire and a world purchasing center.
After just four days of inspection, Robson Walton placed an order of $20 million on the spot and agreed that this was only a preliminary order and that he would continue to place orders based on Four Seasons' production.
Finally, a few employees from the purchasing department were left behind and hurried back home. As the prince of Walmart supermarket, he was too busy.
Besides, an order worth 20 million yuan is really nothing for Walmart. If it weren't for the relationship between the two, he would never have come all the way to China.
Before the "Four Seasons Textile Factory" opened for business, it had already received foreign trade orders worth 20 million US dollars, which caused a sensation in Zhijiang Province.
So far, among the many textile enterprises in Zhijiang Province, none has a cumulative export volume exceeding 10 million US dollars. Now, a major foreign exchange earner suddenly emerges. How can the province not be extremely surprised?
Under the personal supervision of Chief Xu, all procedures for the "Four Seasons Textile Factory" were completed as quickly as possible.
As a "patriotic Hong Kong businessman", Four Seasons Textile Company was also generous and sent a large order to many domestic machinery factories at one time.
Tens of thousands of sewing machines, edge-locking machines, cloth cutting machines, lining machines, large ironing tables, etc., all the equipment needed by the garment factory are purchased domestically, and none of them are imported.
Such a large order almost caused many domestic machinery factories to scramble for it.
Everyone knows that this is only the first batch of orders for Four Seasons Textile Company. As long as the product quality is up to standard, there will be second and third batches of orders.
These orders alone are enough to keep several machinery factories afloat, as everyone really needs orders.
Everything was ready, and on November 20, 1986, Yuezhou Four Seasons Textile Company was officially established.
The chief executive personally went to Yuezhou to unveil the plaque for this future star enterprise, which is now a model company with successful restructuring.
In addition to Chief Xu, the other person who was happiest was Deputy Commissioner Gu Wei.
Having an outsider lead the economy really gave him a headache and almost caused him depression.
Now, Pumpkin Vine Pharmaceutical Company has expanded its production line, Four Seasons Textile Company has received large foreign trade orders, and many rice wine factories are not at risk of bankruptcy. Instead, they are producing vigorously and supplying large quantities of rice wine to Dongjiang Winery.
In this way, how many percentage points can Yuezhou's GDP increase over the course of a year? How many percentage points can foreign trade exports increase?
Not only is there no risk of workers losing their jobs, on the contrary, the companies under the Four Seasons Group are now recruiting a large number of workers, almost attracting all the local labor force and also recruiting many farmers.
What is this? This is a definite political achievement.
Secretary Li Bingquan even singled out Deputy Commissioner Gu for praise of his work achievements at the conference. It is only a matter of time before Deputy Commissioner Gu becomes a member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo.