Taoyao also wanted to lower the price, but the prices of Piaoxiangju and Jinyingzi were already very low.
They calculated the costs and found that Piaoxiangju and Jinyingzi barely broke even, with no profit at all.
The bulk of the profits come from Yuchuan tea and honey fruit fragrance.
The best raw materials are shipped to these two companies, and the scraps that the two companies don’t want after selection are sent to Piaoxiangju and Jinyingzi.
So even though Piaoxiangju and Jinyingzi are aimed at the general public, their products are indeed extremely good and the taste is naturally top-notch as well.
As the saying goes, good wine needs no bush, and good products will naturally attract many customers.
Bai Wanyi put a lot of effort into organizing the event, but it failed to attract customers from these stores at all. Instead, his own store lost a lot of money because of the event.
Bai Wanyi felt overwhelmed when looking at the account books. Why was the sales model that was always successful in modern times not working here?
She doesn't understand.
However, time did not allow her to not understand.
There is still one and a half months left before the first deadline of the emperor's strict order to return the 200,000 taels of silver.
Bai Wanyi only had 50,000 taels of silver left.
He opened a shop and a workshop, spent money on Mid-Autumn Festival gifts, and paid for daily expenses at the Pingyang Marquis's Mansion, plus a firearms workshop. He didn't make much money, and it was actually decreasing.
Bai Wanyi was anxious, but the glass workshop was not producing any results.
The colored glaze produced does not reach the level of glass, not even the level of formless colored glaze.
Bai Wanyi had originally thought of making some mirrors to sell, but now the colored glass isn't up to par, so he has to put it on hold: "Next month I must make colored glass that's almost as good as Wuxiang colored glass. At the very least, I must make glass in two months. If I can do it, I'll reward you. If I can't, you can figure it out yourself."
Craftsman Li suddenly didn't want to do it anymore: "Innovation takes time. Madam Lu's requirements are too high. We can't do it."
"I spent the money, you have to do it for me!" Bai Wanyi spent so much money, how could he not see any results?
Li the craftsman immediately resigned: "I'm sorry, but we can't meet your request. Goodbye."
Carpenter Li did not sell himself to the Lu family. He was a free man and could leave at any time.
The people in the workshop were all hired by Craftsman Li, and they came here just for him, so they all left when he left.
Bai Wanyi was stunned when he saw the empty workshop, and quickly went to find Lu Yan.
After hearing the whole story, Lu Yan was also overwhelmed. "It took them three months to make Wuxiang Liuli back then, and we've only been doing it for a little over a month. Having achieved such great results is already quite good. At the very least, we can make two-foot square pieces of Liuli. If we want to sell them, we can sell them for one hundred taels of silver per side, which will make us money quickly."
Bai Wanyi refused: "Qin Wan sells it at a high price, why should we sell it at a low price? No! Our colored glass must also be sold at a high price! And what I want to make is not colored glass, but glass! Glass!"
After finishing speaking, Bai Wanyi tugged at Lu Yan's sleeve and begged, "Brother Yan, please help me find him. When the time comes, the mirrors we make will be very beautiful and very profitable. We might be able to earn all the money in one day."
"We're in such a difficult situation right now, we can't let them go. Besides, we've already spent so much money on them." Bai Wanyi said softly, "Believe me, the glass and mirrors I mentioned will definitely make a lot of money! Just let them do their best, okay?"
Lu Yan believed Bai Wanyi and nodded, "I'll go get them back for you, but how are we going to deal with this right now?"
"I have a way." Bai Wanyi said confidently: "Don't you have confidence in me?"
Lu Yan certainly had confidence in her: "Of course, if you need my help, just ask."
Bai Wanyi's eyes flickered as he came up with an idea: "I really need your help."
Soap is easy to make, but lip balm, foundation, eye shadow and eyeliner are not easy to make. But now we have some ideas, so we can prepare for the product launch.
If we just sell products, no one will want to come, but what if we change the format?
For example, the flower viewing banquet is people’s favorite nowadays.
It just so happens that there are unmarried young masters and young ladies in the Marquis' Mansion. The Marquis of Pingyang's Mansion is currently enjoying the emperor's favor, and many families want to marry into the family.
No one is interested in the fifth lady Lu Linglong, but many people are asking about the sixth, eighth and ninth ladies.
Miss Six and Miss Eight are fifteen years old, which is the age for marriage.
Although Miss Nine is only fourteen years old, she has already been engaged. With some preparations, it would be just right for her to get married when she is sixteen or seventeen.
Young masters, among Lu Yan’s younger brothers, only the seventh young master is fourteen years old and still a little young, so he can barely see us. The rest are gone.
But there are still a few young masters in the mansion, right? Add in the young masters inside and outside, and there are quite a few people.
There are already quite a few family members, and they invite some friends, some classmates, and some people bring their own people, so the scale of this flower viewing party will be quite large.
Lu Yan had never worried about the matters in the inner palace, but Old Madam Lu had also talked to him about Lu Linglong's marriage.
When Bai Wanyi brought it up, Lu Yan immediately agreed with both hands: "This is a good idea. The Mid-Autumn Festival has just passed, and it's a good time to appreciate chrysanthemums, flowers, and eat crabs. Your idea is really good."
However, Lu Yan started to worry about something else: "We don't have much money on hand right now. We spent several thousand taels of silver before and after the flower viewing banquet. Now we haven't made any money back, but instead have spent it all like water. What should we do if we can't make it back this time?"
Bai Wanyi was very confident: "Don't worry, the cosmetics I make are all natural, non-toxic and harmless. How can they not sell?"
Bai Wanyi knew that some cosmetics nowadays would add some lead powder to enhance the whitening effect.
It works very well at first, and makes your skin fair and tender. But over time, it causes great damage to your skin. This approach is like killing the chicken to get the eggs, and is putting the cart before the horse.
The incident at the milk tea shop sounded the alarm for Bai Wanyi. She thought Qin Wan was just watching her actions and following the trend to open milk tea shops and dim sum shops.
This time, she wanted to see if Qin Wan would follow suit when her excellent rouge and powder came on the market.
Bai Wanyi used a secret recipe. If Qin Wan used any means to achieve the desired effect, she could naturally expose Qin Wan and slap her in the face!
Lu Yan looked at Bai Wanyi's slightly smug face and suddenly felt a little annoyed. If Qin Wan were still there, he would definitely not face so many crises.
If Qin Wan were here, she would definitely use her dowry to pay off the two hundred thousand taels of silver.
The more he thought about it, the more he didn't want to see Bai Wanyi's face, so he stood up and left.
Bai Wanyi didn't care whether Lu Yan stayed or left, as long as he could find Li Jiangren and the others and help hire people.
As for the flower viewing banquet, Bai Wanyi still had to rely on Lu Linglong and Lu Linglin sisters to arrange it.
To put it bluntly, a flower viewing banquet is a large-scale blind date. Nowadays, when such banquets are held, men and women are separated, either by a lake, a sea of flowers, or behind screens and curtains. In short, the shadows are so hazy that you cannot see the people clearly.
Bai Wanyi decided to do something different.
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