☆, Chapter 138 The Competitor Arrives
In the past two days, Zhou Mujiao not only took the children to eat her way through Yuzhou Prefecture, but also took the opportunity to check out the shops.
Hu Dasao's milk tea shop is basically one per street, with two or three other milk tea shops opening in response. Zhou Mujiao tried it out of curiosity and found that the milk tea was made very roughly, but the bottles and shop decoration were quite good, which attracted a group of customers who were not used to drinking milk tea.
Zhou Mujiao took all the details to heart. After inspecting the store during the day, she would come back at night and think about the image of the milk tea shop.
Some modern milk tea shops have been open for over a decade. A cup of milk tea cost three yuan a decade ago, and it still costs three yuan a cup now. The shop style, cup packaging, tables and chairs, etc., have also remained unchanged for over a decade. Indeed, some people are drawn to this nostalgic style, but in general, people prefer to go to shops with a better overall experience.
WiFi, chargers, music, on-site service, and decor are all key factors in attracting customers. However, making milk tea is not complicated. Once these shop owners figure out the ingredients, or if others simply develop new tea drinks, Hu Dasao Milk Tea Shop's advantages will gradually diminish, and its survival space will be squeezed little by little until it has nowhere to stand.
Zhou Mujiao always demands that her business keep up with the times. This applies not only to milk tea shops, self-heating meals, and instant noodles, but also to packaging, flavor development, and advertising. She believes that these should be changed every year.
However, what should be retained should still be retained.
During this store visit, she also discovered that Zhouyun Logistics has imitators.
Calling it an imitator isn't entirely accurate.
Because the other party is a direct transformation from a security escort agency; it used to be called Longmen Security Escort Agency, and now it's called Longmen Logistics.
They are a typical example of changing guns but not cannons. However, since they used to escort priceless valuables, after becoming a logistics company, they are temporarily still engaged in the escort of valuable goods, unlike Zhouyun Logistics, which also does same-city errands and express delivery.
Longmen Logistics has not yet ventured into the errand-running and flash delivery sector, partly because it doesn't seem prestigious enough, and partly due to a lack of personnel.
A typical escort agency has at most 30 to 50 people, and at least 10 people are needed to escort a long-distance shipment. If the goods are extremely valuable, then the entire agency may need to be mobilized. If there aren't enough people, it's quite difficult to expand into new business.
However, Zhou Mujiao believed that if the head of Longmen Escort Agency was a smart person, he should have already started training and selecting personnel.
Ma Dalang said, "Miss Zhou, Longmen Escort Agency originally had a very good reputation in the martial arts world. I felt it was a bit strange that it suddenly changed its business without any reason, so I asked Du Zhusheng to keep an eye on it for me. Old Du has two versions of the story. One version is that Longmen Escort Agency has offended a high-ranking official in the imperial court, and that official wants to take over its business. The other version is that someone in the imperial court has taken notice of Zhou Yunwu Logistics and wants to replace Longmen Escort Agency in the future."
Zhou Mujiao leans towards the second possibility. In addition to transporting goods, logistics companies are also the easiest places to collect information. The person in the imperial court is a smart man. He must have noticed the function of Zhouyun Logistics a long time ago, which is why he wanted to let Longmen Escort Agency get a piece of this big pie.
"Miss Zhou, what do we do now?"
"Let's avoid the confrontation for now, but if they insist on trying to cause trouble, don't back down. Remember, we don't cause trouble, but we're not afraid of it either. Whoever deliberately tries to cause trouble, we'll make sure they have endless trouble to settle!"
The logistics company was being eyed by some covetous individuals, and the clothing stores were not safe either. Zhou Mujiao took a stroll around and discovered that in just one Yuzhou Prefecture, there were three shops with similar names.
She chose one of the stores and went in. The interior decoration and clothing styles were almost identical, but the clothes were only two-thirds the price of Jiao Yun's.
The shop was divided by curtains. The outside was used for displaying goods, while inside there were a few seats where two or three embroiderers sat. The latest styles of Jiaoyun Clothing were displayed on the worktable.
It seems that the other party first copied the design and then directly imitated it. In this way, even if they changed the materials, the design is the same and the price is lower, which can still attract many unsuspecting people to come and shop.
Looking at the other shops, she found they were all doing the same thing. She bought a piece of clothing from each shop to study and discovered that they had even figured out and copied the counterfeit serial numbers.
Zhou Mujiao frowned slightly and immediately wrote two letters, one to Sister Liu and the other to Yang Xiaoya from the embroidery workshop, which she then had Ma Dalang deliver to her.
Since the anti-counterfeiting labels have been counterfeited, remedial measures must be taken.
To prevent people from coming to her door with counterfeit clothes and causing trouble, she asked Sister Liu to introduce a membership system and made sure that every piece of clothing was recorded, including the serial number and serial number.
As for the embroidery shop, they need to be even more careful. Zhou Mujiao asked Yang Xiaoya to send the entire series number to each shop when shipping goods in the future, and to indicate which field of the batch of goods is in which shop. In this way, if someone brings clothes that are not from this shop or even this place but are from this shop and batch, the shop can check and find out the problem on the spot.
In addition, Boss Tang even followed us to Yuzhou to inquire about the compressed biscuits and nutritional water.
“These two are definitely something we can start working on now,” Zhou Mujiao said. “I also have another project that I can work on at the same time.”
Mr. Tang immediately made the decision: "No matter what the project is, as long as it's Miss Zhou's project, I am very willing to invest and will not have the slightest doubt!"
Zhou Mujiao wants to make thermal blankets.
What she originally intended to make was a post-apocalyptic survival kit, which included essential items such as self-heating meals, instant noodles, nutritional water, and compressed biscuits. A thermal blanket was also indispensable for outdoor self-rescue, as it could prevent hypothermia and death in extreme weather conditions.
The materials might be a little hard to find, but they're hard to find, not impossible. After looking at the list of materials, Mr. Tang patted his chest and said, "Miss Zhou, don't worry, I will definitely find all the materials!"
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Uncle Tang."
From Boss Tang to Uncle Tang, their relationship evolved from collaborators to friends.
“Last time I went to Dingzhou, I met people from the Southern Frontier Camp. They were very interested in our products and bought a lot on the spot, saying that they would be beneficial for marching and fighting. If we make compressed biscuits, nutritional water, and thermal blankets, they will definitely want to buy a lot of them too. However, if the higher-ups find out that we are selling our products into the military camp, they might be a little unhappy.”
Being unhappy is the least of their worries; if their superiors are short-sighted, they might even accuse them of being spies from an enemy country.
Zhou Mujiao waved her hand: "We are honest business people. If the camp needs us, we will just manufacture it honestly. In addition, the price of the goods sent to them can be reduced by 20%."
"good."
Four days passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, the imperial examination ended. Zhou Mujiao, along with her entire family, set up a loudspeaker at the entrance of the examination hall: "Candidates from Taohua County, you have worked hard! Please turn right after you leave. Your family members and teachers are waiting there."
Suddenly, a squad of soldiers rushed out from the doorway and headed straight for Zhou Mujiao and the others!
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