Chapter 88: Group Buying
Seeing her aunt's worried face, Su Shengsheng hurriedly said, "Don't worry, aunt. Sheng'er remembers what grandfather said and has never publicized this relationship."
Jiao wanted to say something but stopped herself. Seeing that Su Shengsheng had turned his head to check the token, he swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
I hope I'm just worrying too much...
However, just as her worries subsided, new sorrows surged into her heart.
"Even if, as you say, we only need ten days to deliver, we still need at least twenty looms." Jiao looked troubled. "Our embroidery room is already full. Where would we find room?"
Su Shengsheng laughed and said, "What are you talking about, Auntie? I have such a big factory, so why not lend it to you?"
When Jiao heard this, she suddenly understood. She patted her head and said with a smile, "Look at my stupid head. I didn't even think of this."
However, the smile was short-lived, and Jiao began to worry again: "Last time, Miss Sheng only asked for a deposit, but this time we are using so many looms, how can we just pay a deposit? We must pay the full amount."
Su Shengsheng put down the token in her hand and listened to her quietly.
The embroidery room currently has five sets of textile machines. If they add fifteen more sets, not to mention having nowhere to put them, even if they buy three more shops, it will be difficult for them to have such a big business!
If Su Shengsheng hadn't taken action this time, it would have been difficult for her to make a living in the embroidery studio. She didn't want to expand her business this time.
As Jiao was still talking, she was also thinking in her mind.
She thought to herself that even if Su Shengsheng gave them a fair price for the textile machine, a set without the yarn steamer would only cost five taels of silver.
They couldn't just rush into buying fifteen sets, plus the expense of buying a shop and embroiderers. Without enough work to support them, how could they survive after this?
"How about..." Jiao lowered her voice and said, "Aunt, buy five sets first and hire more embroiderers to work day and night. It doesn't have to take ten days to finish."
In this era without labor laws, Su Shengsheng didn't say much when she heard her aunt ask people and machines to keep working non-stop.
"What the aunt said makes sense. If the ones behind are not enough, we can just buy a few more sets."
Jiao finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, you are here."
Although her eldest son is older than Su Shengsheng, whenever she deals with external affairs, Jiao always unconsciously regards Su Shengsheng as the backbone.
She looked at Su Shengsheng's face, which was as beautiful as clouds, dew and moon, and sighed secretly.
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Although Jiao had a good plan, she never expected that she would not be able to recruit enough embroiderers.
One set of textile machines requires four people to pass on the process, five sets require twenty people, and the number doubles to forty.
But when Jiao mentioned to the embroiderers that she had to produce nearly 9,000 pieces of cloth within 20 days, no one believed her.
There were few embroiderers looking for work, and even if Jiao forced them to go and see the machines, they felt that they could not complete the work in a short time.
Besides, they are all novices, and they are afraid of being implicated if the winter clothes they make for the soldiers have problems or fail to meet the deadline.
Besides, there is only work for a dozen days, and I have to live in the mountains. Regardless of whether it is a lie, who can leave their home and ignore the elderly and children just for these few days of work?
What's more, I heard that there are only men on the mountain. Wouldn't it be a joke if I lived there?
Jiao never expected that she would get stuck at the beginning of the embroidery room.
Seeing that it was getting late and two days had passed, she had to find Su Shengsheng again to ask for advice.
After listening to it, Su Shengsheng didn't wait until the next day, and directly asked Bao Da to take people to the night market to advertise with drums and gongs.
Free services have been popular since ancient times. As soon as they showed their voices, they attracted the attention of a group of embroiderers.
As long as a group of four embroiderers come, they will not only receive a set of textile machines for free, but also be taught the secrets of spinning acrylic fibers.
You should know that although this textile machine is expensive, acrylic fiber that is favored by the government will definitely have a huge market in the future.
Then I heard that because the matter was confidential, all the outsiders on the barren mountain had been cleared out, and only the embroiderer was waiting to come and teach her skills.
They also provide teaching, food and accommodation, and free equipment. Once you learn it, you can do it yourself when you go back!
The embroiderers immediately stopped hesitating and rushed there in groups, fearing that they would miss the free opportunity due to limited recruitment.
Early in the morning, their husbands sent them to line up outside the factory on the mountain.
The Su family's embroiderer has been working day and night.
This time, the Jiao, Zhong and Li families all came to the mountain in person to monitor the quality of the fabrics.
When they heard that there were nearly a hundred embroiderers outside, they finally put their minds at ease.
"It's our girl Sheng who has the idea. If we were to think about it, we probably wouldn't be able to come up with such a brilliant idea even if we pulled our hair out!" Jiao praised sincerely, her eyes full of admiration for Su Shengsheng.
Five looms, worth twenty-five taels of silver, might seem a pity to give them away, but compared to the tedious task of the embroiderer going door to door to teach each one, this was undoubtedly a wiser choice.
Jiao praised Su Shengsheng's plan highly.
Mrs. Zhong was a little worried. "Sheng girl, you generously donated the loom and shared the fabric formula. Isn't that a big loss?"
She was not concerned about gains and losses for herself, but felt sorry for Su Shengsheng who was helping them so selflessly and might have to lose a lot of money.
Li had also had these concerns in her heart, but since her daughter took over the business on her own initiative and the embroidery room was facing difficulties, she should naturally support her wholeheartedly.
The three of them turned their gazes from the faces of the embroiderers who had signed up outside and looked at Su Shengsheng.
Being stared at with such concern by her mother and the others, Su Shengsheng couldn't keep quiet about making a fortune. "How could I lose money?"
She walked over to the iron and porcelain parts next to the loom and tapped them gently. "Even if they learn the skills and take the machine, without what I have here, the machine will be nothing more than a decoration."
These days, Bao Er has people come to replace the machines regularly, and the machines in the embroidery room have never stopped working.
The three ladies looked at each other, and seeing Su Shengsheng's confident expression, they couldn't help but believe it.
Mrs. Zhong was still worried that Su Shengsheng was young and impulsive, and might be plotted against without realizing it, so she suggested, "There are so many rejected embroiderers out there, it seems inappropriate to let them go home empty-handed. Why not let them come in and take a look? If they find something they like, then Miss Sheng can take the opportunity to sell some equipment."
Su Shengsheng nodded happily, "Second Aunt and I are on the same page."
There is a saying that goes, a doctor's friends are doctors. Seeing so many embroiderers gathered together, how could she miss such a good sales opportunity.
She had just seen that there were more than enough embroiderers, and had instructed Bao Da that when enough embroiderers were recruited, those who were not selected should not be allowed to leave, but should be brought in for the viewing.
If you like the equipment, she will give you a half-price discount if four people buy it together.
With this calculation, she was selling it at a 50% discount.
Hearing that Su Shengsheng had a plan, Zhong felt relieved.
Everyone waited patiently for the registration for the embroiderers to close, and then brought them into the embroidery room, where they each got busy with their respective tasks.
Soon, Jiao discovered something strange.
Among this group of embroiderers, there was one who had previously been rejected by the cloth shop.
Although the textile fibers were provided by Su Shengsheng and the skills were passed on without reservation, Jiao was still worried that these embroiderers would pose a threat to Su Shengsheng after learning the skills.
She went to find Su Shengsheng quietly without making any noise.
Unexpectedly, Su Shengsheng didn't care after hearing this. "Auntie, have you forgotten? I sell equipment."
The implication is that even if they all learned the skills, they would still need to buy equipment from her.
Upon hearing this, Jiao couldn't help but click his tongue.
Looking at the embroiderers shuttling back and forth in the embroidery room, she was afraid that Su Shengsheng's secret would be leaked.
If the place was not under closed management, the embroiderers would have to leave together on the delivery day, and she would be worried that after they learned the skills, they would go back to grab orders.
But seeing that Su Shengsheng was confident, Jiao could only suppress her uneasy mood.
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