Chapter 141 Cordyceps needs luxurious packaging

Dongguan Province has a developed economy and many specialized markets. For example, the "Gift Wholesale Market" that Lin Sanqi and his friends are going to today is...

The market is so huge that it’s hard to get lost in all the stores.

Lin Sanqi quickly took out his phone and asked on WeChat: "Brother Qiang, where is your store? I can't find it."

"Where have you been?"

"I'm over here at store 1132, Area A," Lin Sanqi looked up at the nearest house number.

After a while, someone was heard calling from afar: "Qizi, over here, over here."

The one who called out was Lin Sanqi's cousin Lin Qiang, the sixth oldest in the clan, who opened a store in the gift wholesale market.

However, Lin Qiang doesn't like his clansmen calling him Lao Liu.

Ever since the rise of Internet language, he always felt that calling him Lao Liu was an insult to him, so his elders called him A Qiang, his peers called him Liu Ge, and the younger generations called him Liu Shu, but they could not call him Lao Liu.

"Qizai, are you here alone? Where's Uncle Jiu?"

"No, my dad is already dazzled."

Lin Musen was wandering around the market by himself, and his eyes almost popped out when he saw the exquisite packaging boxes in other people's shops.

So when Lin Musen saw Lin Qiang, he couldn't help but sigh:

"My goodness, Aqiang, your market doesn't sell gift boxes at all. I think it's more like selling handicrafts. It completely overturned my imagination."

Lin Qiang laughed when he heard this:

"Uncle Jiu, you don't understand. There's a seller's market only when there's demand. Our business is all about entertaining guests and giving gifts. Look at this one, they specialize in making mooncake gift boxes. Take this packaging, for example."

Lin Qiang casually walked into a shop, greeted the owner, and then picked up a basket and introduced it:

"Uncle Jiu, look, this basket is for mooncakes. If I hadn't told you, would you have known it was a mooncake gift box?"

This is a black lacquer wooden box, shaped like a traditional Chinese food box, like a basket, but with layers that can be removed. The basket is also carved with various exquisite patterns.

Lin Musen shook his head: "If your basket was placed in a museum, I would have thought it was a cultural relic. It's so beautiful."

Lin Qiang and the boss next to him both chuckled.

"The basket is beautiful, like a work of art. It's a great way to entertain guests or give gifts, isn't it? And it needs to be presentable, it also needs substance. This basket has three layers, so it can only hold three mooncakes."

"Three mooncakes?"

Lin Musen gestured and said, "No, with such a big layer, the mooncake must be made this big, right?"

Lin Qiang laughed again after hearing this, "Hahaha, Uncle Jiu, you're wrong. Each layer only holds this small mooncake."

Lin Musen continued to be surprised: "So small? This mooncake is even smaller than a meat bun. Does it need such a big gift box?"

Lin Qiang opened the gift box basket and showed it to everyone layer by layer:

"Uncle Jiu, look, the mooncakes will be placed on this layer. As for the remaining two layers, you can put whatever you want, such as Moutai liquor, LV bags, Rolex watches, wild ginseng, stacks of RMB, etc. There is plenty of space anyway, so you can put whatever you want as a gift."

Lin Musen's mind was full of questions:

"Is this a mooncake or a banknote?"

Lin Sanqi was also amazed:

"Brother Qiang, this box is big enough to hold a lot of things, but this small gift box can't hold too much, right?"

Lin Sanqi picked up another exquisite small gift box next to him. There were many grids in the box. The middle one was round and the surrounding ones were rectangular.

Lin Qiang suddenly burst into laughter: "Qizi, you have a really good taste. This box is a gift that really shows both great kindness and great affection."

Lin Sanqi was a little puzzled: "What do you mean? What kind of valuable gift could this be?"

"You, don't look at the small size of the gift box, it's designed like this on purpose. If you take out a basket like this, wouldn't it be very conspicuous? But if you take out this small gift box, don't you think it's quite low-key and others won't think too much of it?"

Lin Sanqi nodded.

Lin Qiang smiled faintly, pointed at the grid and said:

"This round one is for mooncakes, and the six rectangular ones next to it are for gold bars. Each gold bar weighs 250 grams. If there are six of them, that's three pounds. How much can you calculate?"

Lin Sanqi gasped, "Isn't that just a mooncake worth a few dozen yuan paired with a gift worth nearly a million yuan? Who is this for? Why is it so low-key and extravagant?"

Lin Qiang and the shop owner both smiled but said nothing.

Lin Musen and Lin Sanqi understood and couldn't help but sigh, "Poverty really limits our imagination."

Lin Qiang put his hand on Lin Sanqi's shoulder and said with a smile:

"I'm showing you these to broaden your horizons. Grandpa told me that if you want to sell winter and summer herbs, they're the Hermes of Chinese medicinal herbs, so don't be afraid of the expensive packaging.

I'm telling you, the more expensive, luxurious, and extravagant the packaging, the higher the price of your Cordyceps will be. Every penny you spend on packaging today will be earned back double from consumers later.

You don’t think that people who buy Cordyceps take it home to make soup, do you?

You have to consider the consumers. They are giving gifts to ask for favors, so the gifts must be presentable and impressive. If your gift box is too shabby, the recipient will think the giver is not sincere, and the deal won't be done, which is a disaster."

Lin Musen looked at the room full of mooncake boxes and understood what was going on.

"It seems I'm still superficial. No wonder Grandpa insisted that my Chinese medicine clinic be as luxurious as possible. It turns out it's also a form of self-packaging."

Lin Qiang snapped his fingers:

"Uncle Jiu, it's good that you understand. But Qizi must not understand. You can't choose a wife like this in the future. You must find a girl who is beautiful on the outside and capable of managing the household on the inside. Don't settle for those pretty girls, otherwise there will be unrest in your family."

Hehehe~~~Some people around started laughing.

The shadows of Yin Lianyi and Pan Ye instantly emerged in Lin Sanqi's mind. As for his ex-girlfriend who was far away in the north, she had gradually faded from his mind.

Men, huh...

"Brother Qiang, do you have any sisters-in-law or cousins ​​to introduce to me?"

Lin Qiang was stunned and quickly shook his head: "Forget it, my sister-in-law weighs over 200 pounds. I can't harm my brothers with such a plump woman!"

Hahahaha, everyone in the store burst into laughter again.

"Alright Uncle Jiu, Qizi, let's go to my shop. These mooncake boxes are nothing. When you see the health supplement boxes later, you'll understand what excessive packaging means."

Lin Qiang's shop was not far away. When Lin's father and son walked into the shop, they couldn't close their mouths for a long time.

Under the light, this is not a packaging box at all. People would believe you if you said it was a treasure from a jewelry store. It is hard to imagine that this is actually a gift wholesale market?

"Uncle Jiu, Qizi, please take a seat. Here, these are two packages I designed specifically for you. Do you like them? If not, I can change them."

Uncle Lin had already told Lin Qiang in advance that he must come up with the best design. Since it was his family's business, Lin Qiang naturally didn't dare to be careless.

When Lin Mulin and Lin Sanqi saw that the samples were out, they naturally sat up straight and looked at them carefully.

The first packaging box is a black square box.

The inner material is cardboard, wrapped in a layer of black cloud-patterned satin, decorated with a dark brown cowhide strip, and a traditional copper lock in the middle, which looks very grand.

On the top of the box, the three words "Lingnan Hall" are written in traditional golden running script, which is a Chinese style.

With these three words, the key sense of historical weight comes out, and people feel at first glance that it is not an ordinary product.

When Lin Musen saw the three words "Lingnan Hall", he was extremely satisfied. These were the three words that his ancestors had wanted to carry forward for generations, so he picked up the box and looked at it for a long time.

"Aqiang, good, good, I'm very satisfied. Uncle Jiu, I've always dreamed of making the name Lingnan Hall known to the world."

Lin Qiang was very proud to see that the buyer was satisfied. After all, he had spent a lot of effort to design this.

Then he took out the second design package from the carton.

"Uncle Jiu, this is the second design. It's more luxurious and valuable than the previous one. It's made of imitation rosewood, with intaglio patterns. Look at the three characters "Lingnan Hall"—they're gilded. This is the best packaging yet."

Lin Sanqi took a closer look and found that it was a rectangular wooden box with purple-red as the main color and exquisitely carved patterns.

Lin Musen quickly took the box,

"Wow, this box is quite heavy. It's carved from real wood. Haha, great, great, if you give me this box, I won't want to throw it away. It's so beautiful."

Lin Qiang opened the box and continued to introduce:

"Uncle Jiu, these two packages are of two different grades.

The black brocade box is mainly used to store common Cordyceps. You see, it is a plastic box. When storing Cordyceps, it is spread outwards just like the blooming of the rich flower. One box can hold 20 grams, 50 grams, or 100 grams. You can freely mix and match them.

This imitation rosewood box is used to store high-grade cordyceps. Look, there are glass tubes inside, each containing one or two cordyceps, embedded in the inner container. Pretty classy, ​​isn't it?

Medium-sized Cordyceps is sold in handfuls, so a large box is used.

High-grade Cordyceps is sold individually, so they are sold in cigarette-sized glass tubes.

This is all the work of the dog capitalists to harvest leeks. Fortunately, the leeks of Cordyceps are usually harvested by rich people, not the poor. (Poor people buying and giving to rich people does not count)

Lin Qiang asked proudly, "Uncle Jiu, Qizi, how are you? Am I reliable?"

Lin Sanqi gave a thumbs up and said, "Brother Qiang, you are the best at design. I'm impressed. Haha, Dad, what do you think?"

Lin Musen also nodded heavily: "Let's follow this design. Ah Qiang, thank you Uncle Jiu, I am very satisfied."

Seeing that the customer was satisfied, Lin Qiang felt relieved:

"Uncle Jiu, there's one more thing I want to remind you. If you plan to sell under the name Lingnan Tang, both the trademark and the company must be registered. Don't let anyone else register them first."

(End of this chapter)