Chapter 268 Visiting the Clothing Wholesale Market

At this time in her previous life, Su Jiaojiao was still working in a factory, working overtime all day long. Occasionally, during the weekends, she would go shopping for clothes at major clothing wholesale markets.

At that time, she was not sensitive to clothing styles and fabrics. When she saw clothes she liked, she would buy them as long as the price was right.

Later, on the recommendation of her coworkers, she went to a night school to study accounting, obtained a correspondence secondary school diploma, and with the help of the night school teacher, passed the accounting certificate exam.

She took the accounting exam not because she wanted to be an accountant, but because accounting was a very popular major, so she just followed suit and studied it. At that time, this major was also the most popular major in night school.

Later, Qin Shuang asked someone to send her to Jiahe Group as a clerk. In fact, her academic qualifications were not enough to be a clerk.

The person Qin Shuang entrusted was her master Pei Lan. Pei Lan was a distant relative of Lu Jiaping. Pei Lan had a bad relationship with Wu Xinyue, but she was very nice to Qin Shuang. She was very patient with Su Jiaojiao and taught her step by step.

Other people's internship period is three months, and Su Jiaojiao also completed her internship period in three months.

After the internship, Pei Lan started taking her on business trips to familiarize her with various business operations. She also encouraged her to apply for a self-study adult college. Su Jiaojiao listened to her advice and obtained a college diploma in Chinese Language and Literature in two years.

It was precisely because of this certificate and business work experience that after Pei Lan resigned, she was temporarily transferred to the assistant team of Lu Jingyou's department.

At that time, Lu Jingyou was far from being as easy-going as he is now. It’s not that he lost his temper with his subordinates, but he had a gloomy face all day long and never smiled at anyone, as if he would get angry at any time.

No one else dared to approach him, so they urged her, a newcomer, to deliver documents and make itineraries for him. She worked there trembling with fear for three months before she was officially hired.

Later, Qin Xiuming's background was revealed and he broke up with Su Jiaojiao. She then resigned from Jiahe Group and went to the clothing company opened by Pei Lan.

Two years later, Pei Lan went abroad with her husband and handed over the clothing company to her. With Qin Shuang's help, she started her own entrepreneurial journey.

At that time, she was already thirty years old. Although she was not young, she looked like she had experienced many vicissitudes of life.

Now, she has just turned twenty years old, holds an admission letter from Peking University, and owns a house of her own in the imperial capital. Her starting point is a hundred times higher than in her previous life.

Although she still wants to start a business in this life, she will not be as eager as in her previous life. She needs to calm down and think carefully about what she really wants.

After thinking about it for a long time, she was still shocked when she stepped into the clothing wholesale market again.

The bustling crowds, the dazzling array of shops, the merchants and buyers speaking with accents from all over the world, the voices and bargaining, all come at you in a dazzling way.

Su Jiaojiao came specifically to look at jeans. She walked around several times but didn't find any particularly cheap jeans. Although the prices in the capital are definitely higher than those in Jiao County, if the wholesale price of jeans is 28 or 30 yuan, it would be too expensive.

She knew she hadn't found the source.

Generally, clothing wholesalers will not offer the lowest price to unfamiliar buyers, which she can understand.

If it is easily put at the reserve price, someone will sell it at a price one or two dollars higher, which will cause great trouble to the market.

But then again, if you want to get the lowest price, you need to purchase in large quantities, hundreds or thousands of pieces.

Or maybe she came at the wrong time. The real buyers would not come to pick up the goods in the morning or afternoon.

They usually come to pick up the goods at three or four in the morning, and then rush back to open for business, so as not to delay the day's business.

Moreover, she didn't remember having any acquaintances in this clothing wholesale market. In her previous life, she was too dependent on Qin Shuang at this time and didn't remember many things. The people she met after starting her own business were all people she met by chance.

In order to find out the lowest price, Su Jiaojiao did not return to the original hotel, but found a small hotel nearby to stay in.

The people who live here are merchants who live far away and come in groups of three or five to pick up goods.

Because they had to deliver goods in the middle of the night, they couldn't sleep and talked all night long. The room was not soundproof, so Su Jiaojiao couldn't sleep either. Moreover, the bed was a wooden one, and it creaked when she turned over.

Finally it was three in the morning, the talking next door stopped, and noisy footsteps could be heard in the corridor.

Su Jiaojiao also quickly got up, washed her face, followed everyone out, crossed the road, and entered the clothing wholesale market across the street.

The wholesale market in the early morning is completely different from the one during the day. The people coming in are retailers who are buying goods. Most of them are carrying woven bags and are in a hurry. The wholesalers almost all offer the lowest price. No one will hold the price at this time and give their competitors a bargain.

After asking around, Su Jiaojiao found out the wholesale price of jeans. Ordinary jeans are between twelve and fifteen, better ones are around eighteen to twenty, and those with embroidery are a little higher.

It is obviously much lower than the price during the day and is closer to the factory price.

Because wholesalers are different from each other, larger wholesalers charge at the factory price, and generally add three to five yuan on top of the factory price when selling the goods.

Small wholesalers purchase goods from large wholesalers, add their own profits to the price of the large wholesalers, and then wholesale them out.

The difference is that large wholesalers require large quantities of goods and do not adjust the goods, while small wholesalers can generally adjust the goods and have no requirements on the quantity of goods. As long as they say they are replenishing the stock, they can take three or five pieces.

From whom the goods are purchased depends on the strength of the retailer, and the price marked by the retailer is the final market price.

When they came out of the wholesale market, it was already daybreak. Su Jiaojiao was also carrying a large bag of clothes. She bought them for herself. Individuals could pick whatever they wanted. The price was the wholesale price plus ten yuan.

Anyway, it’s cheaper than the price during the day, so it’s worth the trip.

She took the early bus back to her original hotel. It was already daybreak. She washed up and went downstairs to eat. As soon as she sat down, someone tapped her shoulder: "Su Jiaojiao, why are you here?"

It was a young woman in her thirties, wearing a black dress and with long curly hair. Su Jiaojiao thought she looked familiar, but she wasn't sure: "Who are you?"

"I'm Li Nuo, don't you recognize me?" Li Nuo smiled and reminded her, "Qingyuan Fashion Fair, at the beach, you saved me."

"Oh, it's Sister Nuo." Su Jiaojiao then remembered that when she left, Li Nuo was still in the ward. She had injured her leg and went straight home.

Lu Jingyou once said that Li Nuo wanted to come to Jiao County to see her, but she refused.

Li Nuo didn't go either.

Su Jiaojiao forgot about this matter.

I didn't expect to meet her here.

"Jiaojiao, why isn't your boyfriend with you?" Li Nuo pulled out a chair and sat down opposite her.