Of the more than 40,000 pieces of high-quality and inexpensive clothing, Qiao Jiuru finally selected about 5,000 pieces and put them into her space.

Upon hearing about this batch of inexpensive clothes, Bai Jianmin and a few others personally came to Beijing to help receive the goods. They also took back the 10,000 pieces of clothing that Qiao Jiuru had changed her mind about from 15,000 to finally allocate to them.

Of the more than 40,000 pieces of clothing, more than 15,000 were removed, leaving less than 17,000 pieces.

Then, Mai Nian took five thousand items, but he didn't plan to take them all. Instead, he took four thousand items first and would come back to collect the rest in half a month.

Song Luoyun and Grandpa Song also took thousands of pieces of clothing, but unfortunately they sold them slowly. This batch of goods was really too good a deal, otherwise they would have liked to take more.

The Lei siblings also took 5,000 items. Like Mai Nian, they paid half the price upfront, and then took 2,000 items first. They would come back to Qiao Jiuru to collect the rest after they were sold.

Qiao Jiuru had no objection to Mai Nian and Xiao Lei's approach. As long as they felt it was appropriate, that was fine. Besides, it was safer to leave things with her.

As for Guang Sheng and his wife, they didn't have enough capital, so they could only take 100 pieces of each style, and in the end they took 800 pieces.

Finally, there was Sister Lu, who took 10 pieces of each item. Because she took the fewest items, her purchase price was two yuan higher than the others.

Because the quantities ordered by different customers vary, their purchase prices also differ. For example, Mai Nian and Xiao Lei, who order the most, receive a one-yuan discount compared to Song Luoyun. Song Luoyun, in turn, receives a seven-mao discount compared to Guang Sheng and his wife. All customers are satisfied with these prices. After all, the quantity of goods ordered by each customer is fixed; it wouldn't be fair to those with the same quantity.

When picking up the goods at the store, Qiao Jiuru checked the retail price with them one by one, which was only about five yuan lower than last year's batch. The store owner also told the customer that the clothes were so cheap because the factory in the south was lowering prices to clear out new seasonal styles, and that the quality and style were not a problem.

Only by explaining this situation will customers understand why such good clothes are so cheap, and more people will buy them.

Mai Nian and his team memorized all these sales pitches, but this was indeed the truth, not a deception to make customers spend money.

After receiving the initial two thousand pieces of clothing, Xiao Lei directly adopted Mai Nian's sales methods in Shijiazhuang and wholesaled 1,500 pieces to his acquaintances who also sold goods.

He made a profit of five yuan on each of the 1,500 pieces of clothing, and gave the remaining 500 pieces to his sister to sell herself, where she would earn at least half the profit.

After wholesaling 1,500 pieces of clothing, Xiao Lei didn't rush to pick up more. Instead, he waited four or five days before coming to collect another 2,000 pieces.

Because there were still over a hundred pieces of clothing left to sell, he wholesaled all two thousand pieces as well. After reselling them, Xiao Lei stopped for about seven days before getting another two thousand pieces from Qiao Jiuru.

Before deciding to sell the goods, Xiao Lei had discussed it with Qiao Jiuru in advance, and only did so after obtaining her consent.

During this time, Mai Nian also came once, taking away the last two thousand pieces of clothing, and also added a thousand more beforehand. However, these thousand pieces were not taken away and remain with Qiao Jiuru.

During this period, Sister Lu also came to pick up goods twice, each time ordering 10 pieces of each style. She and her daughter-in-law already have a fixed customer base, all of whom are introduced to them by their customers.

In half a month, Guang Sheng and his wife sold nearly 100 of their 800 pieces of clothing. On Sundays, the couple would go to nearby township enterprises, and in just two Sundays off, they were able to sell more than 200 pieces of clothing.

So the couple came back and bought another five hundred pieces. It wasn't that they didn't have the money, but rather that they lacked the courage, especially the two women, Lu Hua'er and her sister, who sold clothes outside every day.

Half a month later, Song Luoyun followed Xiao Lei's model and resold the thousand pieces of clothing she took to others, earning a middleman's profit. In the end, she only kept a few hundred pieces of clothing to sell herself.

After Bai Jianmin and his group transported 10,000 pieces of clothing, they split into 3 groups, each group consisting of 3 people. One group then went to the city, one to the county, and one to the commune and their production team.

Of the 10,000 pieces of clothing, the group that went to the city took 1,000 pieces, the group that went to the county took 1,000 pieces, and the group that went to the commune and the production team took 1,000 pieces.

Before Bai Jianmin and his group went to the city, they called Bai Lian'an in advance to tell him that they were going to the city to sell clothes.

Because they were unfamiliar with the city, while Bai Lian'an had been working there for several years and was arguably the most knowledgeable about the area. In case of any trouble, Bai Lian'an could either rescue them or provide information.

After hearing that Bai Jianmin and his group were coming to the city, Bai Lian'an inquired about the quantity of clothing and the sales situation of Qiao Jiuru and others in Beijing and Shijiazhuang. Finally, he suggested that Bai Jianmin and his group learn from Mai Nianzhi's method: directly resell the thousands of pieces to others and earn the middleman's profit.

Moreover, the profit margin for this middleman is much higher than what Mai Nian and Xiao Lei make for other products; they need to earn at least seven yuan per item.

Earning 40,000 yuan for selling a thousand items—where else can you find such a profit?! Moreover, it also allows you to settle the outstanding payment owed to Qiao Jiuru in one go, leaving you with nothing but profit.

Bai Jianmin and the others listened to advice and, after going to the city, quickly resold the thousand pieces of clothing to the group provided by Bai Lian'an. Moreover, after receiving the money, they immediately wired it to Qiao Jiuru, without delaying her husband at all.