I thought I had finally signed a deal this time. Eight hundred thousand US dollars was not a small amount. A deal worth nearly one million US dollars was not a small deal at the Canton Fair. Even without Feng Jiaojiao, Dongfanghong would still get better and better.
But when they returned to the factory and everyone did the math, they finally told him that there wasn't much profit at all. Wasn't that a joke?
"Xue Mei, tell me, what's going on?" Ma Tianming looked at Xue Mei.
This order was signed by Xue Mei, so I shouldn't hold her accountable.
What were you thinking when signing the contract? Didn't you do any calculations? How could such a big mistake occur?
I thought she was smart, but now it seems she is stupid. This is totally incomprehensible.
How can you not make money with clothes that cost eight dollars?
Xue Mei was also panicked. She was determined to get the order, thinking that with clothes costing only eight dollars, how could she not make money?
But after returning home and carefully calculating the price of Feng Jiaojiao's cotton-padded jacket, he found that there was really no profit at all.
Feng Jiaojiao has done every step to perfection, especially the fabrics, and has put in a lot of effort.
Even the auxiliary material lining is of the best quality, plus the inner lining is padded with cotton and quilted with diamond lattice, which greatly reduces its thickness and makes it look less bloated.
Add to that the cost of fabrics, workers' wages, transportation, etc., and there isn't much profit left.
Even though Feng Jiaojiao charges a steep price, the materials she uses are genuine and the production process is complicated, so the price is naturally high.
Technology in those days was not as advanced as in later times. There were not all kinds of special machines for making clothes everywhere, but now they are not available and everything needs manual labor.
If you want to achieve better results, you need to add more steps.
That's why Feng Jiaojiao always asks for such a high price. There is a reason for this.
Xue Mei still followed the algorithm she used when designing clothes, and was not prepared to make any mistakes.
This dress was not designed by Xue Mei, so she herself is not very clear about it.
She was afraid that Robert would not like the clothes she designed, so even though she was reluctant, she took out the styles that Feng Jiaojiao had left behind before her death.
In the end, Robert still liked the style designed by Feng Jiaojiao, and she signed the contract as she wished, but she didn't expect such a thing to happen.
"I... this dress is the style Feng Jiaojiao left behind before she died. I don't know exactly how many copies are needed. I thought it was the same as before." The voice became smaller and smaller as he spoke.
"We used to make a lot of money selling clothes for eight dollars. It must be Feng Jiaojiao who did something." Xue Mei pushed the responsibility aside. She didn't believe that Ma Tianming would dare to confront Feng Jiaojiao again.
“Bang!”
"Incompetence means incompetence, what excuses are there for you!" Ma Tianming was so angry that his head hurt. He thought he could make another fortune, but he didn't expect it to be a hot potato.
What now?
This is not a small order. The contract has already been signed and cannot be breached.
The penalty for breach of contract is three times, which means that if Dongfanghong breaches the contract, it will have to compensate Robert 2.4 million US dollars.
By then, even his father wouldn't be able to save him, so how could he continue to stay in Dongfanghong?
“Think of a way!”
"I don't care what method you use, just solve this problem for me!" Ma Tianming left the matter to them.
I don't believe that so many people can't come up with a good solution.
"Factory, this..." Everyone was embarrassed.
They want this style of clothes and the contract also states this style. You can't change it for them, otherwise it would be a breach of contract.
If anyone dares to make random suggestions, don’t get blamed and then be blamed. It will be difficult to explain yourself then.
This is no small matter.
Ma Tianming glanced around and finally fixed his gaze on Xue Mei. "Xue Mei, you must come up with a reasonable solution for this matter, otherwise..."
After saying that, he left angrily.
Xue Mei looked at the clothes on the table and felt only irony.
She just didn't believe that she couldn't handle this batch of goods. How was she any worse than Feng Jiaojiao?
In the next few days, Xue Mei tried various methods and finally found a suitable one, which was to use similar cheap fabrics to replace the current fabrics.
Several steps are saved in the various processes, which may seem similar on the surface, but in fact it saves a lot of fabric costs.
You have to know that these are 100,000 pieces of clothing. If you count them one by one, you can save a lot.
Now they need to find advantages in price and reduce costs, so their profit margins will increase.
After hearing this suggestion, Ma Tianming thought for a while and said, "The fabrics from this textile factory are too expensive now. Let's change it."
Ma Tianming has wanted to replace this textile factory for a long time. He is completely out of touch with the times. Their clothing factory purchases so much goods from their textile factory, but they don't even know how to give him any benefits.
You know, there are quite a few people queuing up to give him money.
This is a good opportunity to replace their textile factories, as they have more than one.
"good!"
The textile factory over there received a notice from Dongfanghong saying that they would no longer cooperate with them, which made everyone in the textile factory very anxious.
Last time, the textile factory made a lot of money with Dongfanghong, so why is it suddenly uncooperative?
Dongfanghong is now their largest customer.
When Feng's father received the news, he had an idea in his mind. Because Dongfanghong had a new factory director and his daughter was no longer working for Dongfanghong, he no longer had any ties with the family, so he had to find another textile factory to cooperate with.
"Deputy Director Feng, the factory has decided to hold a meeting at the last minute."
"Okay, I understand."