Chapter 249

Su Miao asked, "Sister Jiayin, considering your family's background, it shouldn't be difficult to find some resources for your cousin. Does it have to be so hard to start from scratch?"

Ye Jiayin also said frankly: "If it is a career in politics, business or even scientific research, my family can help, but when it comes to art... our family is really blind, waiting for her to open up new territories.

It's not impossible to give her a helping hand, but if from the very beginning, people who come to buy her works are all trying to curry favor with our family, then she will be labeled as a relative. No matter how outstanding her works are in the future, others will say that it is because of the added value of our family, which will limit her development.

So my family has always thought that since she is still young, she should try to make her own way first, and maybe she can really make a name for herself.”

When parents love their children, they will plan for them in the long run. When they love deeply, they will take care of their children thoroughly. The Ye family devotes their whole heart to the education and training of each child.

"So, is your cousin interested in making a co-branded card set? If I use it for my papaya shreds card collection event, will she... think the product isn't high-end enough?"

Su Miao hesitated to express her thoughts. After all, her cousin also studied at a top art school, and her papaya shreds were so down-to-earth.

Unexpectedly, Ye Jiayin immediately pulled her up and said, "Let's go! Let's call her now. From what I know about her, she shouldn't refuse this opportunity."

Ye Jiayin's cousin is Guan Xin, the daughter of her aunt. When Su Miao told her about his idea just now, she immediately agreed.

Being able to directly sign her name on a work that will be widely distributed is an opportunity she has been longing for. Moreover, she has heard from Jiayin that the future of this "Su Family Restaurant" is limitless.

Finally, they decided on the theme, style and quantity. Guan Xin would send the first draft within half a month and would revise it according to Su Miao's suggestions until it was finalized.

Since it was a formal cooperation, Su Miao also followed the formal process to draw up a contract for both parties to sign, and paid a down payment of 500 yuan first, and would pay the balance after the final draft was finalized.

Guan Xin put this matter at the top of her agenda, consulted a lot of drawings, and designed 17 drafts in just 10 days.

Over the next half month, Su Miao and Guan Xin communicated closely. After five revisions, they finally finalized the card styles for the two themes of the Chinese Zodiac and Journey to the West.

Then it was time to customize the cards and upgrade the packaging. Otherwise, why did they say that none of Su Miao’s friends were freeloaders?

Card customization Ye Jiayin found a suitable printing factory through her mother's relationship that can make colored cardboard cards.

Brother Xiaopang also helped communicate with the packaging production company and provided free upgrade design based on the original cooperation.

Of course, what is free is the packaging upgrade and pattern making. The packaging cost after the upgrade will still increase, but this small cost is just a drizzle for Su Miao.

The original papaya shreds jar had a layer of waterproof advertising paper on the outside, but now a layer is added inside to stick cards in.

Just like the cans and advertising papers they originally customized, they are not integrated, but are pasted on by themselves after being canned. This also makes it convenient for them to control the circulation of different card types.

After solving these two problems, the next step is to ensure the quality and quantity of the products. They have been producing on their own for a period of time and no longer have to worry about quality control. The only thing they are worried about now is the problem of explosive orders.

After the launch of the campaign, it is very likely that there will be a larger purchasing wave than the last time Harvest Food Factory conducted reverse marketing.

First, they must prepare enough inventory, and second, they must ensure that subsequent supply capacity can keep up with demand.

Su Miao did not want to solve the problem by simply withdrawing staff from the store. This was only a temporary solution and would easily affect the normal operation of the store and cause operational chaos.

After discussing with my family, I decided to hire two workers for the papaya shreds workshop.

These two workers only work in the small courtyard and do not participate in the operation of the store. They are directly managed by Su Hui.

Their work includes washing and cutting papayas, drying papayas, and finally packaging the finished papaya shreds.

Because the production method of the product is very simple, the work is often not saturated, so there is no need to find very professional people. The key is to be honest and the salary requirements are relatively low, which can also effectively control costs.

The production process of shredded papaya has also been standardized. On the first day, two workers process and dry the papayas. Because it takes several days to dry them into shredded papayas, two people take shifts on the second and third days to be responsible for drying, collecting and turning the shredded papayas.

When the weather is good, the clothes can be dried naturally. If it is rainy, a drying room can be set up to use heat to dry them to ensure progress.

On the fourth day, Su Miao and Su Hui will season the dried papaya shreds. At this time, the drying space in the yard has been vacated, and the workers will start a new round of papaya processing.

After soaking the papaya shreds overnight, workers start to pack them. After fastening the links tightly, each batch of papaya shreds is produced every four days. Su Miao is very glad that he bought this yard at that time.

The work that the workers have to do is actually manual labor, which does not require much strength, and the working hours per week are not long. Sister Yingzi introduced two neighbor aunts to come over.

Their son and daughter-in-law work in a machinery factory. They brought them to the city a few years ago to help take care of the children. Now that the children are older and can go to and from school by themselves, they have nothing to do every day except cooking and cleaning the house.

Originally, they wanted to return to their hometown since they were no longer needed at home, but their son and daughter-in-law told them to stay and enjoy their retirement and not go back.

The two of them are honest people. They don't like the singing and dancing organized by the old men and women in the yard, and the gossip about family matters.

Because their family situations were similar, the two became good friends. They would get together every day to do some handicrafts, which was very boring. So when Yingzi said she helped them find work, they were very happy and came for the interview the next day, dressed neatly.

The two aunts are not very old, only in their fifties. Because they got married early, their grandson is now in junior high school. They live in the same alley as Yingzi, and it only takes twenty minutes to walk here.

He used to be a good worker in the village and was very strong. After listening to Su Miao's description of how to process papaya shreds, he took the knife and papaya beside him without saying a word and cut it in a few strokes.

Su Miao nodded with satisfaction and asked them what they thought about the job treatment.

The two of them were a little embarrassed to bring it up, pushing each other, neither of them opening their mouths.