Li Shulin returned shortly before four o'clock in the afternoon.

Two orders were signed, totaling 100 boxes of peach shortbread (5 kg each), 100 boxes of egg rolls, and 4 boxes of fried dough twists, for a total of 3,926 yuan. A deposit of 1,600 yuan has already been received.

One of these customers owns a stall in the farmers' market, and the other owns a small supermarket.

Both of them saw that He Ling was selling peach shortbread and egg rolls at her stall and that her business was doing quite well, which is why they decided to place an order. They found the phone number on the box and called to inquire.

Upon seeing that Li Shulin had returned, He Wenlin convened a routine meeting with all the management personnel.

“I see business is doing well now. Peach shortbread is selling well and has a long shelf life, so we can start preparing for the New Year now,” He Wenlin said to Sun Wei. “We can increase production a bit more recently.”

“We’ve already increased the capacity,” Sun Wei said. “The machines never stop running, even if people take a break. If we close the deal with the supply and marketing supermarket, Mr. He, we won’t have enough converters.”

Each oven takes half an hour to bake, and two ovens can only bake about 930 boxes a day without stopping, which is enough for now. However, if the supply and marketing cooperative reaches an agreement, it might be a bit of a stretch unless business is bad.

However, the goal of introducing products is definitely to make the business thrive, so at the very least, the basic equipment and production capacity must keep up.

Aunt Tang Jianguo said, "If the supply and marketing cooperative gets its stock in, the egg rolls might not be able to keep up. Linlin, I heard that the supply and marketing cooperative has several stores."

He Wenlin: "The supply and marketing supermarket currently only has seven stores. Our daily output of peach shortbread is only over 600 boxes, which means we have 300 boxes in stock every day."

I checked today, and there are at least 1,300 boxes of peach shortbread in stock. We have to keep the machines running non-stop every day. At this rate, the production of peach shortbread should be able to keep up before the end of the year.

But Mom, when shipping goods, you absolutely must follow the first-in, first-out rule. Big supermarkets are very strict about expiration dates; if a third of the product is past its expiration date, they won't accept it.

When you send it in, you can't buy it at the original price. You either have to offer a discount or slip the discount into the manager's pocket. Either way, the manufacturer will lose some money, so first-in, first-out is very important.

“When storing them, they are placed in batches, so we won’t make a mistake,” said Aunt He.

"As long as there are no mistakes, it's fine. As for egg rolls, it's the same principle. People rest, but the machines never stop."

If the supply and marketing cooperative successfully secures the order, we'll add some more equipment. With the Chinese New Year approaching, remember to take stock of the raw materials and packaging materials in the warehouse. If there aren't enough, place orders early to avoid running out of stock.

Most of the workers at He Wenlin's place are locals, so He Wenlin plans to extend the holiday to the 25th or 26th of the twelfth lunar month and start work on the 7th or 8th of the first lunar month.

However, the materials company had already given He Wenlin notice that they would close for the Lunar New Year early and would resume work after the Lantern Festival. Therefore, production, inventory, and raw material stockpiling were all planned in advance.

The meeting ended at 4:40.

He Wenlin asked Yang Gangyong to drive her and Yang Shulin to Yue Wang Lou for dinner.

When He Wenlin went there, she brought two bottles of foreign liquor and two cartons of good cigarettes. These four items cost her five thousand yuan!

Five thousand yuan is 99.99% of people's annual salary!

He Gui is indeed expensive, but you can't catch a wolf without risking your cub. As long as we can secure the order from the supply and marketing cooperative, we can earn many more five thousand yuan later!

If we can secure the supply and marketing supermarket agreement before the end of the year, and move into the new factory next year, we'll go to Wencheng to secure the purchasing manager for Haoduoduo. Haoduoduo is also about to open a branch in Shaoxing, and their company's South China business division is located in Wencheng.

When we arrived at Yue Wang Tower, it was only 5:30, still early. Ge Yuliang and Xing Feng hadn't arrived yet.

However, He Wenlin had booked the room here at noon; it was a private room.

He Wenlin had also inquired about Xing Feng's preferences with Ge Yuliang in advance, so the dishes had been ordered and they were just waiting for them to arrive before starting to prepare and serve the food.

At 5:45, Ge Yuliang told He Wenlin that Xing Feng was too busy to come over for dinner and asked her to cancel the private room reservation.

“If President Xing isn’t coming, Brother Liang, we can still eat here. I’ve already ordered the dishes. How long will it take you to arrive?” He Wenlin said.

"I'm not coming either. You can cancel the dishes and the private room."

“What about the Golden Years at night?” He Wenlin asked.

“He will go. Have Li Shulin from your company go directly to Golden Age around nine o’clock. Call me when he arrives. If I don’t answer the phone, have him go to the front desk and give me his name.”

"Okay then, thanks, Liang-ge."

After hanging up the phone, He Wenlin gave Li Shulin five thousand yuan: "The other party isn't coming to dinner. Let's go to Golden Age early to wait for General Manager Ge. Remember to bring the gifts, but don't give them directly to General Manager Xing. Store them at the front desk of Golden Age, then give the card to General Manager Xing and tell him that his gifts are stored at the front desk. When giving gifts, you can't give them directly in person."

There are also rules to follow when giving gifts.

Offering it in person is too blatant; people wouldn't dare accept it even if they wanted to—it's too obvious.

He Wenlin's product quotations and contracts, along with the cigarettes and alcohol, were all kept together, so Xing Feng could see them as long as he received the gifts.

"I understand, Mr. He."

"Whether things work out or not, call me back, it doesn't matter how late it is."

He Wenlin herself is a night owl, how could they possibly play until dawn?

In fact, women are at a disadvantage in the workplace and business world because many business deals are made at card tables, drinking parties, and karaoke bars. However, for various reasons, many women cannot mingle in these places as freely as men.

Since Ge Yuliang and Xing Feng didn't come, He Wenlin returned some of the dishes, leaving three for herself and Li Shulin to eat there. However, they cancelled the private room reservation because there was a minimum charge for private rooms.

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