Chapter 83 Isn’t it fate?
Wu Xiaofang spread out her palms: "At least fifty."
"The more you order, the cheaper the price..."
Shen Sisi immediately became interested: "How cheap is it? Tell me about it."
Wu Xiaofang opened her notebook and said to her with a stiff upper lip, "The minimum order quantity is 50 bottles. For quantities between 50 and 500, the price is 5 cents per unit. For quantities between 501 and 1,000, the price is 4 cents per unit. For quantities between 1,001 and 5,000, the price is 3.5 cents per unit. For quantities between 5,001 and 10,000, the price is 3 cents per unit. If the minimum order quantity is 10,000 or more, the price is 2.8 cents per unit."
As Shen Sisi listened, she calculated in her mind that the more you order, the cheaper the price.
But she can't need more than 10,000 orders now. With her current demand, the unit price is only five cents, which is the most expensive unit price.
Shen Sisi glanced at the glass bottles on the stall. The craftsmanship was quite good. The bottles were thick and sturdy.
"Do you have any stock?" Shen Sisi asked.
Wu Xiaofang nodded rapidly: "Yes! We have plenty in stock..."
Her unintentional words made Shen Sisi's fingers pause slightly.
As the Chinese New Year approaches, how can factories with good performance generally have spot goods and inventory?
Her intuition told her that there might be something wrong with this factory.
Shen Sisi was in no hurry to buy the bottles. She began to ask half-truths, "I have a pretty big demand here, and I'm looking for a factory to work with long-term. I've already looked at several..."
Wu Xiaofang was young and inexperienced, having just started working for less than half a year. Seeing that Shen Sisi was dressed with intellectual elegance and was dazzlingly beautiful, she immediately believed what she said.
"Sister, you've found the right person. Our Huaguang Glass Factory used to specialize in door and window glass, but now we're transitioning to a high-end glass bottle manufacturing line. How about I ask our manager to come and talk to us sometime?"
Wu Xiaofang had been setting up her stall here for several days, but almost no one was interested. The beautiful sister in front of her was one of the few who was interested. She felt like she had grabbed a life-saving straw and wanted to fly back to the factory immediately to invite the eloquent manager.
Shen Sisi's eyes turned slightly: "No need for a manager, I just like chatting with you."
This manager was a fox from last year. He must have been boasting a lot, but he is not as honest as the girl in front of him.
"I, I'm not good at speaking, I'm afraid I can't explain myself clearly..." Wu Xiaofang said unconfidently.
Before Shen Sisi could speak, a loud voice came from behind: "You kid, you are so dumb, don't you know how to practice more?"
She turned around and her eyes fell on a slightly plump middle-aged woman.
It's her!
The old lady I rescued on the ferry that day.
Xu Jinhua also recognized Shen Sisi at a glance. How could she forget her savior?
"Big sister, it's you!"
Shen Sisi was also quite surprised. Was it because Jiangcheng was too small, or was it because they were really destined to be together?
"Auntie, long time no see!" Shen Sisi looked at the lady in front of her. She was thinner than the last time she saw her. Her face was pale and she looked very bad.
"Mom, why are you here?" Wu Xiaofang came out from behind the stall awkwardly. She was receiving customers, so why did her mother suddenly come? It seemed that she knew the beautiful sister.
Xu Jinhua took out a kettle from the basket and said, "You kid, you don't even bring water with you when you go out. When you get thirsty later, I wonder where you'll get some hot water."
Wu Xiaofang took the kettle and felt really warm inside.
"Mom, do you know this beautiful sister?" Wu Xiaofang asked.
"Do you remember? I told you that on the ferry that day, a young woman holding a child reached out to save me. It was her..."
Wu Xiaofang's pupils suddenly dilated, and she said excitedly: "Emma, it turned out to be you. Thank you, sister, you saved my mother's life..."
Shen Sisi didn't expect that the little girl selling glass bottles was the old lady's daughter.
Isn’t this a coincidence?
Shen Sisi smiled and waved her hands: "It's just a small favor, not worth mentioning. I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence..."
Xu Jinhua smiled with wrinkles all over her face: "It's fate, it's all fate!"
She tried her best to persuade Shen Sisi to go home for a meal. Coincidentally, she had just bought a big pork leg, which was perfect for stewing.
Seeing that she was about to pull Shen Sisi away, Wu Xiaofang became anxious: "Mom, I'm talking about business with this sister, please don't interrupt."
When Xu Jinhua mentioned business, she became furious: "Your factory is a shabby place. I think you should just quit! You don't do any real work all day long, and all you do is let you guys set up stalls to attract business."
Shen Sisi asked, "A broken factory? To attract business?"
Wu Xiaofang looked around in panic: "Sister, how about we talk somewhere else?"
"good……"
Shen Sisi couldn't resist Xu Jinhua's kindness, and also wanted to find out what was going on with the glass factory, so she followed them home.
Xu Jinhua's family lives in Hulu Lane at the south city gate. It's a private house with a yard.
The yard is full of various small vegetables, including Chinese cabbage, tomatoes and green onions, and is full of life.
The mother and daughter treated Shen Sisi as a guest of honor and quickly invited her into the house. The fire in the stove was burning brightly and it was very warm.
It was only then that Shen Sisi realized that this lady was called Xu Jinhua, and had the same surname as her mother-in-law.
Aunt Xu has two children, a son who works on a ship, and a daughter named Wu Xiaofang. She joined the glass factory half a year ago, but not long after she started, something went wrong in the factory.
"What's going on?" Shen Sisi asked.
Speaking of the factory, Wu Xiaofang sighed: "Sister Sisi, you are my mother's savior, so I won't hide it from you."
Wu Xiaofang's Huaxing Glass Factory has been producing large pieces of glass such as doors and windows, and the profits were good.
A year ago, a college student came to the factory as a leader and made drastic changes to innovation and reform.
Just at that time, a foreign businessman came to the door and needed to order a large number of glass bottles. The leader became more confident and used all the working capital in the factory to purchase a glass bottle production line.
As a result, the bottle was made, but the foreign businessman disappeared.
Now this batch of goods cannot be sold and is piled up in the factory. The working capital is also blocked and there is no money to pay the raw material manufacturers and the coal plant.
Even their workers’ wages were three months in arrears.
"In my opinion, there's no point staying in this crappy factory." Xu Jinhua spat.
Wu Xiaofang looked conflicted. "I don't know whether I should leave or not, but I think our factory can still be saved."
She took out the glass bottle on display and said, "Sister Sisi, our products are of very good quality. You can really consider it."
Shen Sisi took the bottle and was indeed tempted, but the price could be lowered a little.
"Xiaofang, do you know what your factory needs most right now?"
"It's money!" Wu Xiaofang blurted out.
"Yes, but not entirely!" Shen Sisi gave her an inscrutable look: "You guys are going in the wrong direction. You're focusing on clearing out inventory, right?"
"That's amazing! How did you know that..." Wu Xiaofang's eyes lit up. "My boss told us to sell out the inventory as soon as possible so that everyone can have money for the New Year."
"Although clearing out inventory can alleviate the immediate crisis, your real problem lies with that production line. You've invested heavily in it, but you're not getting any orders. This is the crux of the matter."
Wu Xiaofang nodded quickly: "Yes, I just can't get any orders."
"Our regular customers all want large glass bottles, and we are expanding the market for these small bottles."
Shen Sisi's eyes rolled around, and she suddenly had an idea...
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