Da Wa's heart was pounding. He knew that he could make money by setting up a stall, but he didn't expect to make money in this way!
Now that he has a huge amount of money around his waist, his hands are shaking.
He looked around and saw no one around, so he whispered, "Let's get going."
These days are not so peaceful. What if someone targets them and robs them? What should they do?
The two brothers agreed on a time to come next week and went back to their respective dormitories.
Da Wa hurried on all the way until he returned to the dormitory and carefully hid the money in his bedding. Only then did he feel relieved.
The next weekend, Da Wa and Da Hu did the same thing and sold all the remaining children's clothes.
As they said, the brothers and sisters from the flour mill families came to support the event. There were also many new customers. The clothes that had been sold out in three hours were now sold out in just over an hour.
When they were packing up their stall, Da Hu saw several men carrying waterproof sheets like them hurrying to where they had set up their stall. He quickly nudged Da Wa with his elbow and whispered, "Da Wa, look."
The eldest boy was busy collecting the tarpaulin. He looked up and was immediately happy. He said, "Here comes someone to steal our business."
Fortunately, all the clothes on his hands had been sold.
Selling clothes to make money, everyone is eyeing this big piece of fat meat. When others see that they are selling well, they want to get a piece of the pie.
However, these people made a wrong calculation.
Da Wa and his friends sold a lot of clothes. I guess few households in the flour mill would want to buy more.
Da Hu has now fully tasted the benefits of doing business. He licked his lips and looked at me with a fiery look in his eyes. "Dawa, are we going to sell children's clothing next week? Selling this? This stuff is too profitable."
Even if you buy five and get one free, it's still a big profit.
Da Wa thought about it and shook his head, "Now someone is here to compete with us for business. If we import children's clothing to sell, even if there are discounts, we may not be able to compete with them."
Da Hu said, "Then we can change to sell at the gate of the factory's family compound. You are good at talking and I am quick with my hands and feet. We can work together and the work won't be tiring. We will definitely be able to sell as well as we have in the past two weeks."
Da Wa laughed, "What you can think of, others can think of too. Just wait and see. When those people who come to steal the business see that it's hard to sell in front of the flour mill, they will immediately move to the nearby factory yards to set up stalls. We are only free on weekends, and if we come again on weekends, we will face the same embarrassing situation as them, that is, everyone has bought and no one wants to buy."
Da Hu thought about it and agreed.
These days, who among the bad guys doesn't have a smart brain?
Besides, the two of them are at most part-time profiteers, while he is a full-time businessman. How can he not be more convenient than them?
Da Wa patted Da Hu on the shoulder and said, "Don't forget, we still have a few sacks of women's clothing. Sell that first, and we'll talk about it later."
Da Hu said, "Yes, then we will go sell women's clothing next week."
What Big Boy didn't say was that he didn't want to sell children's clothing. Another thing, to use a word he recently learned in his basic accounting class, was that the profit was too low.
How much is children's clothing worth?
Most of the buyers are the eldest sons and daughters in the family compound. They are used to a hard life and are very calculating. They will spit on every penny before selling a piece of clothing.
Moreover, to get here from his and Da Hu's school, he has to change buses several times, which is really inconvenient.
He actually values the women's clothing market more.
Through Da Wa's observations at the Qiupu Road clothing wholesale market, he found that young girls and wives all like to show off. If they like something, they like to buy several pieces at a time. They don't like to haggle over the price and are too lazy to talk. It is so convenient and enjoyable to do business with these people.
Da Hu asked, "Have you decided where to sell women's clothing?"
Da Wa said, "Go to the school gate."
Da Hu was shocked, "Are we at the school gate? What if we get caught?"
Da Wa was happy, "No, it's the gate of Er Niu's school, which is the Shanghai Conservatory of Music."
Selling at the gates of their own schools, they were not worried about being recognized by their classmates and losing face, but they were mainly worried about being seen by their teachers and the principal, which would cause them a lot of trouble.
Moreover, their school is known as a Buddhist temple, and there are many more boys than girls. Who would they sell clothes to? To boys who have girlfriends? Just thinking about it, I rejected this idea.
But it's different at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music where Erniu is studying. There are many girls studying music, and most of them come from well-off families. This is exactly the target group for them to sell women's clothing.
When Da Hu heard about setting up a stall in front of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, he nodded and shook his head, "Of course, but there are many people setting up stalls in front of the school. Can we outsell them?"
Last time they sent Erniu to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, they saw quite a few of them. The old man set up a stall in front of the school. At a quick glance, there were four or five stalls, almost turning into a small market.
If Da Wa and Da Hu took their clothes to that stall, no matter how beautiful and fashionable the clothes were, they might not be able to outsell the others.
I don't know what the eldest child thought of. He was happy and clenched his fist. "So, we have to find another way."
"Take a different approach?" Da Hu was surprised.
"Yes." Da Wa said, "I'll have to trouble Er Niu for this matter."
"What?" Erniu exclaimed, "Let me be your model!"
She didn't expect that her brother and brother Dahu would come to her late at night and talk about this matter as soon as they opened their mouths.
"Yes." The eldest boy rubbed his hands together, saying nice things as if they were free. "Look, you are good-looking, have a good figure, and are smooth and shiny. When you put on those clothes, it's not the clothes that complement you, it's you who complement the clothes."
Erniu looked at him sideways and said, "Even if it looks good, it can't be eaten."
"It can be used as food." Da Wa said, "You are pretty, we will set up the stall, you can wear some beautiful clothes and act as a model, stand by and attract customers, and then we can earn money and have food to eat."
Erniu had never been a model before, and she hesitated, "Will this work?" She then added, "If I don't sell it and it's a waste of money, I won't be responsible."
Da Wa chuckled, "We two brothers and sisters are a perfect match, so why worry about not being able to sell anything? Come on, when we make money, I'll buy all your clothes for the four seasons, and then Da Hu and I will treat you, San Wa, and Fang Fang to a dinner. It's a feast!"
Erniu nodded indifferently and asked, "Do your father and mother know that you are a tycoon?"
Of course he doesn't know? Ah, if Shen Lie knew? He has become a pawnbroker, especially he instigated Erniu to be a model for his stall, he would definitely chase him from Hailang Island to Shanghai with a rolling pin.
The eldest child didn't respond, and said with a grin, "Guess."
Erniu continued to look at him sideways, "You are just itchy. If dad finds out, I will treat you to fried bamboo shoots with meat. Do you think Sanwa and I will stop you?"
The eldest child muttered, "We'll talk about it after we find out." He waved his hands, "Let's not talk about this for now, let's talk about the stall."
He took out a few clothes from his bag and handed them to Erniu. "Next Saturday, Dahu and I will bring the clothes over to set up the stall. You can put on these clothes and stand by. You don't have to yell and arrange things. We can do it together."
The idea of letting Erniu be a model came to him from a TV commercial.
Whenever people sell something on TV, they will hire someone to shoot the commercial. For example, there was a very popular oral liquid commercial where a man and a woman were holding the oral liquid, promoting its many benefits and saying that drinking it could keep one young forever. At the end of the commercial, the two people actually drank the oral liquid.
Da Wa thought, it’s the same when he sells clothes.
No matter how beautiful and fashionable the clothes are, they are just "dead stock" placed on the waterproof cloth on the stall. But it's different with Erniu as the model. She is tall, has long legs, and a curvy figure, so she can wear the clothes in a stylish way.
When others see how well she dresses, they will definitely want to buy something for her. This is what Da Wa is thinking.
After saying it was settled, Erniu went back to the dormitory with the clothes that Da Wa gave her.
These clothes need to be washed again before they can be worn.
On Saturday, Erniu borrowed an iron from someone and ironed all her clothes, making them look neater and smoother. She also creatively sprayed some perfume on the cuffs and collar.
The three of them gathered at the school gate. When Da Wa and Da Hu saw Er Niu, they exclaimed in unison.
The eldest boy circled around Erniu a few times and said, "Sure, Erniu."
He knew that Erniu looked good in clothes, but he didn't expect her to look so good.
It is late autumn now. Erniu is wearing what Da Wa gave her today: dark blue denim pants, a white tight long top, and a black straight-line coat with a large lapel.
Erniu's roommate thought that she had changed into new clothes and dressed up so beautifully, thinking that she was going out on a date. She even specially drew her eyebrows and put on lipstick for her, which made Erniu look more beautiful. Moreover, she was tall and had long legs, so she looked very heroic when she walked.
Just standing at the school gate for a while attracted a lot of attention.
Da Wa scanned the area and saw several young guys, probably students, sneaking around to look at Er Niu. One of them was even ready to make a move, probably wanting to come up and beat her up. He heard Er Niu's name and major.
Unfortunately, Erniu didn't understand, or maybe she didn't care, and turned a deaf ear to those looks, "Brother, shall we set up the stall now?"
The eldest child looked at the sky. It was afternoon, and the school gate was very busy. "Yes."
He and Da Hu chose a spot diagonally opposite the school gate, spread out the waterproof cloth, displayed the clothes, and began to shout, "Come on, take a look, these beautiful clothes are stylish and fashionable, and they are on sale at a low price."
The three young men were good-looking and attracted a lot of people's attention even without shouting. This shouting attracted even more people.
Seeing that there were more people around, Erniu immediately followed Da Wa's instructions, recalled the poses that models often posed in the TV and magazines, put her left hand on her waist, stepped her right foot slightly forward, and stood in front of the stall.
A girl with a high ponytail first glanced at Erniu, then walked over, picked up a pair of denim pants, and asked Da Wa, "How much do you sell these clothes for?"
The eldest boy smiled and made a gesture of eight, then turned over and made a gesture of nine, "This pair of jeans in your hand is eighty-nine yuan."
The girl with a high ponytail exclaimed, "It's so expensive!"
She frowned subconsciously.
If she hadn't seen that Da Wa and his friends were three young people setting up a stall, and that the girl standing in front of the stall was wearing nice clothes, she would have gone to another stall she often bought clothes from.
Unexpectedly, she came with good intentions to take care of the business, but people treated her as a sucker and wanted to rip her off!
The eldest child was not angry at all about her questioning. He smiled and continued what the girl with the high ponytail said, "It is a little expensive."
After hearing that the eldest boy agreed with her, the girl with the high ponytail looked relieved and asked, "Can you make it cheaper?"
The eldest child smiled and said, "Big sister, I'm telling you the truth, this is the same price I paid when I bought the goods. It really can't be any cheaper."
The girl with a high ponytail said, "But in other stalls, a pair of denim pants like this would only cost 40 or 50 yuan at most."
Da Wa glanced at the neighboring stalls. Indeed, they also sold denim pants, and quite a lot of them. "They sell them for 40 or 50 yuan, and we sell them for 89 yuan, because our denim pants are worth this price."
Seeing the high-ponytailed girl's look of disbelief, the eldest pointed at the second girl and said, "If you don't believe me, look at our model. She's wearing the denim pants you chose. Take a look. Isn't the shape good? Does it make her legs look longer? Take a closer look. Are the threads on our denim pants well-treated?"
The girl with the high ponytail certainly knew that the pair of denim pants she picked out was the same style as the one worn by Erniu. She wanted to buy them just because she saw Erniu wearing them.
Erniu was so eye-catching. The denim pants made her legs look straight and long. She looked like a big star who had walked out of movie posters and magazines. She was so fashionable.
The girl with the high ponytail couldn't help but want to buy a pair of the same ones. She also wanted to dress like a big star walking down from movie posters and magazines.
After hearing what the eldest child said, the girl with a high ponytail picked up the pair of denim pants she had chosen and examined them carefully. "Yes, indeed, the thread ends are handled well."
The eldest boy smiled.
In fact, when the goods were purchased, there were threads in many places, such as pockets, collars and cuffs. He and Da Hu carefully cut them with scissors, so in the eyes of the girl with high ponytail, this was a piece of clothing with "thread ends handled particularly well."
The eldest child continued to talk in a charming manner, "Big sister, you have very long legs, just like our model. If you buy this pair of denim pants, it will definitely show off your advantages. Who knows, when you walk on the street, someone might even ask you to film a movie with them!"
Erniu took the opportunity to change into a pose that made her legs look longer.
The girl with the high ponytail was delighted, but she didn't show it on her face. "Can you make it cheaper?"
The eldest child shook his head, "It's really not cheap, this is the price." He added, "I guarantee you, if you take it home and wash it, the color will not fade."
The girl with the high ponytail thought about the denim pants she bought, which she washed with several basins of blue water. She finally made up her mind, "Okay, I'll buy it from you." She added, "If the color fades, you can see if I will settle the bill with you."
The eldest child struck while the iron was hot, "Don't worry, big sister, I will come here often to set up a stall in the future. If the color fades, I will give you ten pieces as compensation for one piece."
The girl with the high ponytail finally felt relieved and took out some money from her pocket. "Here, eighty-nine dollars."
Da Hu took the money quickly and put it in his pocket.
The eldest child waved at the girl with the high ponytail again and said, "Come again next time and bring a few more customers. I'll give you a discount."