Such a short time.

The counterfeit merchants haven’t reacted yet, and of course no similar toys have appeared.

It’s still a good time to expand.

Rather than going out to sell on his own, Han Chudong currently pays more attention to finding agents. Watermelon Head and Da Jun have found some friends to help. They all buy the products wholesale from him at a "cost price" of five U.S. dollars each, and then they look for sales channels themselves.

After starting the wholesale business, the profit per unit has dropped to a little more than three US dollars. However, sales are steadily increasing and the inventory at home is decreasing. It is estimated that it will not be long before I have to go to the mold factory to customize a batch again.

The patent has not yet been approved.

Without computer collaboration, it may take one or two years to complete the process from patent application to approval.

According to the principle that whoever applies first gets the patent, Han Chudong is confident that the patent will pass the approval, so he is already looking for suitable toy manufacturers and preparing to discuss cooperation with them. Otherwise, it will be too difficult for him to take over the entire US market by himself.

Seeing that yo-yos were selling so well, he gradually forgot about his original method of selling patents.

Now they would rather continue to hold the patent and then cooperate with a toy company or a giant that controls the toy sales channels, rather than doing a one-time deal directly.

Han Chudong is already looking for a professional company to help him and is preparing to open his own toy company. He also has a lot of interesting toys in his mind that can be gradually put on the market in the future. He thinks this business is pretty good and may not be worse than the home appliance sales industry.

When I first started to explore the business, I always thought about more...

A few days have passed since I paid the deposit to Brother Hou’s store.

More than an hour ago, Da Jun and his friends went to Han Chudong's house to pick up the goods. They took away 400 yo-yos for two thousand US dollars, saying that they were going to sell them in schools far away.

Han Chudong happened to have money at this moment.

I simply counted out some money, packed it in a box, and called Brother Dahou, asking him to come to the bank in half an hour to pick up the balance of the rent.

Before leaving, I wrote a lease agreement, writing down everything I could think of, including that the rent would increase within 5% each year, the total lease term would be ten years, a penalty of $20,000 for breach of contract, etc.

It's not too formal, but it's legally binding once it's signed.

Thanks to my father's help, the rent is a little cheaper, but the evidence on paper is still necessary. After all, the man surnamed Hou is not a clean person. When dealing with such a person, it is better to think about everything in a roundabout way.

In Han Chudong's opinion, the reason why Brother Hou lowered the rent to 20,000 dollars was that he wanted to get in touch with his father so that he could loosen up his shady business in the future.

Afraid that Han Yigun would get into unnecessary trouble.

So he checked the contract carefully again before going out with the small cardboard box full of money. Most of it was loose banknotes, which took up a lot of space.

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Arrived at the agreed location soon.

Brother Hou drove over in his Mercedes and said cheerfully when he got out of the car: "Don't worry about the rent. I'm not rushing you. Didn't you say you were short of money for business? Take the money and invest it first. It's okay to give it to me when you make money."

It's just a nice word.

Having said this, he took the cardboard box from Han Chudong without any hesitation, opened it, looked inside, and then closed it again.

Han Chudong took out his handwritten lease with a smile on his face: "These are all small change in cash, a total of 17,000 US dollars. I will put it in the bank and let people count it later. After confirming that it is correct, we will sign this lease. As I told you at the time, the rent will increase by 5 percentage points every year. If I don't rent it, I will compensate you 20,000 US dollars. Do you want to take a look first?"

"Well, let's not put it in the bank. I'm always short of change, and I need it for playing mahjong and Pai Gow."

Brother Hou took the contract and said as he read it, "Has the electrical appliance sales not been settled yet? If you have any trouble, tell me. I gave you the key when you paid the deposit last time. You can open the business anytime. Don't let this little thing hold you back from starting a business."

It was indeed comfortable to talk to such a shrewd person sometimes, but Han Chudong never forgot how aggressive the man was when they first met.

To put it bluntly, it is his father at home who can help him, and the enthusiasm that should be distinguished should be clearly divided.

There was no need to offend anyone for no reason. Han Chudong smiled and nodded, saying, "My dad said that we should abide by the rules. How can we open a store when the rent hasn't been paid yet? We'll start decorating tomorrow, move some shelves, change the sign, and we'll be ready to open for business."

"I've been dealing with your father for more than ten years. He's a very nice guy, but he has a bad temper. Did you bring a pen? Just sign here. I have something else to do later. Let me know when you open your business. I'll go and support you and buy some things."

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After signing, take the rent away. Each person will have a copy of the lease contract.

After working hard for several days, the money I earned was gone in the blink of an eye, and only more than 2,000 US dollars was left at home. However, this time I can borrow some money from my parents for emergency. I have discussed this matter last night.

Han Chudong was in a very good mood thinking that he would soon have two ways to make money.

I was busy with yo-yo in the past few days and neglected to find supply channels. I thought that the numbers of home appliance dealers should be on the yellow leaves. Since small stores can find sources of goods, Han Chudong is not afraid of not being able to find one himself.

There is no need to rush for now.

The store key is in the pocket of my jeans. I'm riding my bike now and going to take a look at the Meng Ou Zhi Feng plaque first.

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When I opened the door, there was a thin layer of dust in the store. Most of the things had been cleared out, leaving only some garbage.

I don’t plan to spend much money on decoration, but I have to think carefully about the name of the store. Seeing people coming and going at the door, I have already started to imagine the scene after the store opens.

From the very beginning, Han Chudong was planning to enter the home appliance sales field with an eye on the chain sales model.

You have to eat one bite at a time and walk one step at a time. Everything is difficult at the beginning. Now we have rented three stores.

Prepare to continue planning.

Think about the sales model and the name of the store before you start doing it.

Han Chudong happened to come to Chinatown. He hadn't been to Sun Laosan's home appliance repair shop for several days, and he had something to talk to this master about.

Arrived at the store entrance.

I unexpectedly saw a middle-aged man in police uniform leaning against the store door counting money. It was none other than Han Yiqiang. He had a very happy expression on his face and put the money into his pocket in the blink of an eye.

Sun Laosan, on the other hand, had a look of despair on his face. He smoked his cigarette and rolled his eyes at Han Chudong's father from time to time.

Han Chudong parked his bike and said to his father, "Hey! Officer Han is here to collect protection money. You are bullying my third brother! How much do you want? Give me some!"

"Nonsense, this is the fee for your apprenticeship. Now that you don't want to learn anymore, Sun Lao San must return the four hundred to me."

Han Yigun spoke in a cheerful tone, probably because he didn't expect to see the money coming in. His wife manages the finances at home, and he planned to use this money to fill his own piggy bank.

Sun Laosan was even more miserable.

He is usually stingy, and the four hundred dollars that went into his pocket flew away in the blink of an eye. The old bachelor is now very worried.

Looking up at Han Chudong, he said sarcastically, "You really don't want to learn anymore? That's right, I heard from your father that you made a lot of money selling toys and you don't care about the trivial things like repairing electrical appliances. It's a pity for me as a master. You learned a skill from me, and I have to be shamelessly forced to return the tuition."

He scolded both the father and the son.

It was clear who should be helped, and Han Chudong said:

"How can you be so kind? You use me as a laborer and even charge me tuition? I was thinking that when my home appliance store opens, I will introduce you to some home repair business. If you don't treat me to a barbecue, this deal will definitely fall through..."