After the New Year, Yunling's panties and menstrual cloths started to sell. With the help of the influential people in the county, she received orders for a total of thirty-six gift boxes. This was a small quantity, but Bingniang had prepared a lot of stock before the New Year, which was enough.
However, these people were recruited through personal connections, and this group would be her stepping stone to further penetrate the upper-middle-class market. Therefore, Yunling carefully checked them before packing them into the gift boxes.
As for the price, Yunling thought about it and decided to sell it in gift boxes and individually.
Previously, it was calculated that one bolt of cotton cloth could make about ninety medium-sized briefs and eighty large-sized briefs. Taking into account the wages paid to Bingniang, the cost of the fabric, the cost of the cowhide thread, and the profit, the medium size would cost twenty to twenty-four coins, and the large size would cost twenty-two to twenty-six coins.
However, regardless of whether it's a medium or large size, the price should be the same. After careful consideration, Yunling decided that a single piece would cost 32 coins, three pieces would cost 95 coins, and five pieces would cost 155 coins.
Regarding menstrual cloth, she roughly estimated that one bolt of cloth could make 140 for daytime use, 120 for nighttime use, and 250 for smaller quantities, with the cloth costing approximately four, five, and two coins respectively.
Including the wages paid to Bingniang, the cost of menstrual cloth alone was seven, nine, and seven coins (two coins in total). Adding profit, a single cloth used during the day sold for fifteen coins, three for forty-two, and five for sixty-five.
A single night-time ...
For small quantities, a single piece costs eight coins, three pieces cost twenty-one coins, and five pieces cost thirty coins.
The key to menstrual pads is the cotton pad. According to previous calculations, raw cotton costs 75 wen per jin (500 grams). After degreasing, it can make 45 cotton pads for daytime use, 27 for nighttime use, and 72 for light flow.
On average, the raw material cost for cotton pads was two, three, and one cent respectively. However, the hardship lay in the labor involved. The pads had to be transported over long distances, repeatedly washed and soaked, and then pressed. It was a time-consuming, laborious, and thankless task.
Yunling felt her scalp itch again, as if a brain was about to grow out of it. In the end, she first set a profit of twenty coins and then a wage of forty coins. The cotton pads would not be sold separately. Those used during the day would start at ten coins, those used at night at five coins, and those used in small quantities would not be less than twenty coins.
Therefore, the final price was set at 10.620 coins for daytime use, 5.320 coins for nighttime use, and 20.610 coins for smaller quantities.
As for the gift set, it includes a medium-sized and a large-sized pair of briefs, three styles of menstrual pads with cotton pads, and three styles of spare cotton pads.
The total is 419 coins, but the gift set includes the price of the box. There are fewer than 500 boxes, and each box costs 280 coins, so the total is 699 coins.
Yunling thought the price was good and sounded nice. After further consideration, she felt that in addition to including an instruction manual in the gift box, she should also include a price list for individual items, which would make it easier for customers to place additional orders. With that in mind, she picked up the mixed-hair brush that Yun Chu was not using and started painting.
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In mid-spring, more than ten days had passed since the gift boxes were sent, and Yunling had not received any feedback or new orders. She was getting restless. After all, she had to take care of Old Lady Fan's side now, and she couldn't just sit and wait for others to come to her. She had to take the initiative to develop customers.
The problem is where to develop clients. With the weather getting warmer, wealthy people like to get together to play polo and chat, but she's not in that circle. Even if someone brings her in, she won't be able to integrate, so it'll all be for nothing.
As Yunling took the beehive out of the hive, she thought about where to find a place with lots of women. After thinking for a while, she finally came up with a good idea: the pleasure quarters in the city.
She thought that there were many women there, and the Nanfeng Pavilion next door was also a place frequented by wealthy women. Wasn't that exactly what she wanted?
Thinking of this, she quickly scraped the royal jelly out of the wax bowl and put it away. The next day, while Yun Ruoxia went to the Lu Family Trading Company and Shengfu Restaurant, she slipped away to Fengyue Tower.
Yunling wasn't dressed as a man this time. The gatekeeper couldn't figure out why Yunling was there, but judging from her small stature, he figured she couldn't cause any trouble, so he let her in.
"I need to find my mother. Please inform her, young lady."
"Mom is busy, so just tell me if you need anything."
Yunling noticed the wariness in the person's eyes, but she wasn't angry. She smiled and reminded him, "Can't I tell you about making money?"
The man sized up Yunling, then swayed his hips and went inside. A short while later, he came out with a woman who looked to be about forty years old. When they met again, the madam did not recognize Yunling, but Yunling remembered her.
"Hello, Mom. I'm here to discuss something with you. Would it be convenient for you to talk to me?"
The madam hadn't forgotten what she'd just heard about making money, so she immediately led Yunling to a seat to the side, but didn't use a screen to separate them, clearly half-believing and half-doubting Yunling's words.
"Young lady, tell me, what are some ways to make money?"
“Our shop has just launched a new pair of briefs,” Yunling said, pulling out a medium-sized pair from her bosom to show them off. “These are the ones that are small and much more convenient than those long underpants. For the young ladies in the building, wearing these briefs might be a different kind of experience.”
The madam listened and nodded, smiling as she said, "Young lady, please have a seat first. I'll go inside and think about it before I get back to you."
"good."
Yunling, somewhat bewildered, believed the madam's words. She sat and waited, and waited until more and more customers arrived. Only then did she realize that it was getting dark outside.
Thinking that she had been abandoned, but Yun Ruoxia was still waiting for her at Shengfu Restaurant, she couldn't stay any longer and quickly left.
She visited again the next day, but this time she couldn't even get in the door. Yunling didn't give up. Since she couldn't get in, she stood outside and waited. She did this for one day, and for three days in a row.
If she can get what she wants immediately, that's her luck; if not, that's her fate. She can just put in a little more effort, it's no big deal.
Perhaps her actions moved the madam, because on the eighth day she was finally allowed to enter the brothel. "Madam asks you, why don't you go to other brothels? Why do you have to choose our brothel? Did someone tell you to do this?"
"What's wrong with Mom? Is her throat inflamed?"
The madam opened her mouth, curled up her tongue, revealing a pustule, and said, "My tongue hurts, I can't speak."
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