"A little homemade fruit wine, please."
As Chen Jing spoke, he picked up the wine bottle and walked to the next room. He laughed and said to the three trendy young men next door, "Brothers, come and have a taste. My wife specially brewed this red wine for me."
The three young men exchanged glances and picked up their glasses.
Chen Jing generously filled the glasses of the three people, and the bottle of red wine he brought was more than half empty.
Xie Xun tentatively asked, "How much did you spend on this wine? Should we return it to you?"
"No need, it's homemade, I can afford to treat you to a little fruit wine."
Chen Jing waved his hand, grabbed the remaining half-bottle of red wine, and returned to his seat, leaving the three young men looking at each other in bewilderment.
Do you know each other?
Xie An picked up the red wine and sniffed it, then pointed behind him with his thumb. Xie Xun and Jiang Yizhi shook their heads: "Never seen it before."
"He didn't even ask our names?"
“Brother An, perhaps they don’t have any ulterior motives; they’re just happy and want to share their joy with us.”
Upon hearing this, Xie An raised an eyebrow and smiled.
Having lived for over twenty years, he had never encountered anyone who invited him to drinks and meals without ulterior motives. Today, he wanted to see if they truly didn't know each other and had no intentions whatsoever.
I picked up the glass, took a small sip, and let the slightly astringent fruit wine swirl around in my mouth before finally sliding down my throat.
It has a mellow and smooth taste, is not harsh on the throat, is comparable to imported red wines, and has little astringency.
"It seems pretty good. Is this really homemade?"
Xie An glanced back at the next room, his eyes slightly raised in interest.
Next door, Ji Xia gently swirled her wine glass, quietly inhaling the faint aroma emanating from it, and then took a small sip.
Chen Jing couldn't help but chuckle: "It seems you're quite knowledgeable about how to drink red wine?"
"I haven't studied this; would I be able to brew it myself?"
The waiter served the restaurant's signature dishes: stir-fried beef with scallions, braised beef brisket, and bok choy with oyster sauce, and also made a seafood soup.
Ji Xia casually picked up a piece of tender beef, tasted it, and then took a small sip of red wine.
"Red wine and beef are indeed a perfect match."
"However, the success of the wine production shouldn't have made you this excited. What happened today?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Jing laughed and said, "I called Xiao Gang today and got in touch with him. He said that Baima has recently signed several big orders, and one big customer has bought up all of Baima's goods."
"Not only that, we placed six orders with them in a row at pretty good prices, which has left Bai Ma with no stock left to display at his stall."
"Oh, that's a good thing. What kind of client is so generous? And makes you so happy?"
Chen Jing, however, kept her in suspense and refused to tell her anything. Instead, he eagerly offered her beef, trying to coax her to eat more.
Ji Xia rolled her eyes at him, feeling suspicious. What was wrong that he couldn't tell her? What kind of big client was he?
Her eyes darted around, and she put down her chopsticks: "Be honest, what really happened? Did you cheat on me? Do you have a prettier and cuter little fangirl now?"
"Pfft! Don't talk nonsense. I have no interest in any other woman but you."
Seeing that her expression remained serious, he could only explain in a low voice, "Okay, I'll confess. The one who placed the big order was none other than the Lin family. I wonder what Mr. Lin will think when he finds out that the order is a business opportunity for me?"
"The Lin family? Perhaps that CEO Lin just wants to expand his business, or maybe they're planning to open a branch?"
"They don't have any branches, but after we sold out of the goods we wholesaled a few days ago, they started wholesaling goods shipped from the south the very next day."
This saved Chen Jing some trouble. He had been thinking that the production speed here couldn't keep up with the sales speed, so he wondered if he could ask the other side or Ji Xiangjun to send some goods.
Unexpectedly, just after he got in touch with Chen Xiaogang and asked about the inventory issue there, he heard that a Lin family from Shanghai had bought up all the inventory.
Of course, for bulk wholesale, a discounted price was offered, which was lower than the wholesale price offered by Chen Jing in Beijing, allowing me to make a profit.
Chen Jing couldn't understand why Lin Chen, who clearly wanted to steal his wife, would suddenly place a large number of orders with the factory and give him business.
Did he know that all those new styles were designed by Ji Xia, and that's why he deliberately placed orders to curry favor with her?
While Ji Xia and Chen Jing were making wild guesses, Lin Chen was listening to reports from his two assistants, Liu Jin and Ma Shaotang.
"Changzhou Garment Factory is a large factory. They produce more than 10,000 of almost every style. Buying them all would put too much pressure on us."
The styles are the same as those wholesaled by Chen Jing, but the fabric and color are slightly different. We order 2,000 pieces of each style, and 12,000 pieces will be delivered tomorrow.
"The wholesale stalls at Huacheng Baima Wholesale Market only had a little over 3,000 items, which we bought all at once. However, I heard that they will be launching six new winter clothing styles soon, so I placed an order for 3,000 of each style to ensure that this time we can get to the market faster than theirs."
Last time, Lin Chen asked Liu Jin to investigate Chen Jing's movements and plans, and soon he received news that Chen Jing had returned to his old business of wholesaling women's clothing from the south.
Hearing that Chen Jing was planning to start a wholesale business, Lin Chen asked his two assistants to find Chen Jing's suppliers and buy up all the goods before he did, then send them back to Beijing for wholesale.
The two assistants only found out after going to the south, but the two factories had too much inventory. Even though the Lin family was a large family, they didn't dare to easily invest their money in these goods.
Moreover, they discovered that there were many similar products in both Jiangnan and Guangdong. As soon as the clothing from these two factories went on the market, small factories would immediately produce imitations, with varying quality. It was impossible to buy up all the similar products produced on the market.
They had no choice but to order only the amount that their Lin family could afford.
Hearing that counterfeit products were everywhere, Lin Chen frowned: "We need to lower the wholesale price; it has to be lower than theirs."
Upon hearing this, Liu Jin worriedly advised, "President Lin, if that's the case, our profits will be too low, and it won't be easy to explain to the Lin family."
Lin Chen flipped through the latest promotional magazine: "These styles are pretty good. Their styles are quite popular. What are you worried about?"
"If your family asks, just show them the purchase and sales report for last week's batch of goods. Even if our wholesale price is a little lower, the profit is higher because of the larger volume."
The two assistants hesitated for a moment, but then agreed.
Beijing has a large population base, with tens of millions of people, and at least a million girls of marriageable age. One or two thousand may seem like a lot, but when put into the market, it is actually not much.
The first batch of goods they delivered last week, totaling 15,000 units, was sold out in just one week, with 90% of the orders being processed quickly. The fast payment gave them peace of mind.
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