After waiting for the shop to close, Wang Yu calculated that today's total revenue was 67 taels and 780 wen. The cost of the fabric for these clothes was about 40 taels, the wages of the seven concubines were 9 taels of silver per month, the shopkeeper was 3 taels, the waiter was 800 wen, and the rent of the shop was 4 taels per month, which means that today's profit was about 11 taels.
But there are more customers today because of the opening ceremony. There are definitely not so many people on weekdays. Most people now sew their own clothes, and ready-made clothes are much more expensive than buying cloth. Moreover, wealthy families also have embroiderers. It’s just that the clothes in his store are novel, so they attract some people. We still need to see how the sales perform in the next few days.
Also, once a clothing style is released, it will be copied and imitated by others. In this era, there is no such thing as patents, so you have no place to complain if others copy you. You can only improve your craftsmanship and innovate more to maintain your business.
But then again, Wang Yu wasn't a professional fashion designer. Apart from the designs he'd drawn, he had no new designs. Was he going to run out of money? Thinking of this, Wang Yu felt a little distressed. He knew his designs would eventually run out, so he had to find a way. Good embroiderers were hard to find.
However, Wang Yu didn't have time to think about these things at the moment. Chen Yanwen and Song Boyan came over, both with happy faces.
"Xiuzhi, do you know how much the shop has earned today?"
"How many?"
"Thirty taels is as much as that. I still listened to your suggestion and gave you a 20% discount. This is only the first day." Chen Yanwen thought to himself that if he could make thirty taels a day, his father calculated that the profit would be around ten taels, which means three hundred taels a month. Three hundred taels, he only bought the shop for one hundred and forty taels, and he earned it back in one month. He was very happy.
However, Wang Yu's words made him give up the idea. Wang Yu told them that sales may drop after the large number of people opened today, and it would be enough to maintain half of today's sales every day. Excluding costs and labor, the profit would be about three to four taels.
After listening to this, Chen Yanwen silently calculated that it was about one hundred taels a month, which was enough to buy the shop in two months, which was not bad.
Chen Yanwen was already very happy, as none of his family's other shops made so much profit. Today, his father also came and saw the situation of the shop. He praised him again and again, saying that he was doing a good job.
Wang Yu reminded him that the quality of cakes and drinks should be high, and one or two new products should be launched every month. He could hire a capable person in this field to specialize in the research and development of new products. After thinking for a while, he said, "Cakes can be made faster. This is a good thing. If it can be promoted, the profits will be very good."
After all, people in this era also have to celebrate their birthdays. After that, everyone went to a restaurant to eat together, including Song Boyan's mother, Cheng Chen, Wang Yu's mother and Chen Yanwen's father. The group booked a private room.
Father Chen was indeed very happy today. He said, "I'm treating you all today. Thank you all for taking care of Yanwen these days. This shop is also thanks to Xiuzhi. Yanwen always said how great Xiuzhi was. I see today that he is indeed a very talented person."
"Uncle, you're too kind! Brother Chen is also very good."
"Yes, yes, you three are all good. I heard that Bai Yan is very good at studying and always gets first place in the monthly exams. You should teach him more on weekdays." Maybe Father Chen was so happy today that he talked a lot.
Song Boyan nodded and said hello.
The parents were all smiling the whole time seeing their children prospering. The business of the shop was also good, which was always something to be happy about. The three families had a very happy meal together.
In the evening, Wang Yu was still thinking about how to recruit some skilled embroiderers. The next day, Wang Yu decided to find Zhang Jin. After all, he had a wide network of contacts. He asked Zhang Jin to meet at a teahouse. After the two met, Wang Yu explained his purpose to Zhang Jin.
"Brother Siyuan, I'm really sorry to bother you, but there's really no other way. You have a wide network of contacts, so please help me keep an eye out for embroiderers from other regions. They need to be skilled, preferably from Sichuan or Hunan provinces."
Zhang Jin wondered what Wang Yu wanted to talk to him about, and it turned out to be this. "What's the big deal? I also have a cloth shop and a restaurant in these two places. I'll have someone tell you to keep an eye out for them."
"Thank you so much, Brother Siyuan. The journey is long, so I can offer a high price. If you are willing, you can bring your family with you. I will take care of the arrangements, so you can recruit your people without worry."
"Xiuzhi is so generous?"
"Don't worry if you laugh at me. Before, I just wanted to open a shop for Cheng Chen to pass the time. I didn't expect that after it was successful, I thought about it carefully and realized that it is not that easy to continue running it." He added, "Brother Siyuan is really good at business. He can manage such a large family business. I only have this one shop, and I have been busy these days."
"Haha, Xiuzhi is too modest. I'm just taking over the family business."
Wang Yu disagreed. He believed that building an empire was easy but maintaining it was difficult, so he said, "Brother Siyuan, don't say that. It takes skill to make the family business flourish."
Zhang Jin is a busy businessman, and Wang Yu was also busy during this period. The two of them parted without saying much.
As Wang Yu expected, the shop's sales in the next few days were basically about seven or eight pieces a day, with a daily profit of about three or four taels, and then imitations began to appear in the city.
The shop is still doing business. The quality of the clothes is indeed very good, and the embroidery is also exquisite. The quality of the imitations is uneven, and most of them are made by themselves. Fortunately, there are not many ready-made clothing shops in this era. After all, sewing clothes is a necessary skill for women and boys in this era. The difference lies in the quality of the craftsmanship.
However, the shop still needs to recruit more embroiderers. If there are seven or eight orders a day, there will be more than 200 pieces a month. Six people will have to work overtime for two months, and there will be more next month. After all, their clothes are not only sewn but also need to be embroidered with patterns, ranging from simple to complex.
So Wang Yu wanted to recruit Xiuniang again, and his brother could also do it as long as she had good skills. After returning, he told Cheng Chen about this.
"Xiao An and Qing Ge'er both have pretty good skills. Simple embroidery is definitely no problem. Can they come?"
After listening to Cheng Chen's words, Wang Yu felt that his thinking was limited. He always wanted to recruit in the provincial capital, but forgot that there were also people with good skills in the towns and villages below.
Wang Yu scratched the tip of her husband's nose and said, "Achen is really smart. Of course they can come. You can write back and ask them to ask if there are any good embroidery people in the village or nearby villages. They can also come."
Later, he thought about it again and felt that this was not appropriate. He didn't know whether the craftsmanship was good or not. If the craftsmanship was not up to standard, it would not be good to send others back. He said to Cheng Chen, "But we need to bring some samples first and let Master Su check them. We should also talk to my father-in-law in the village."
The academy had a farming holiday in mid-June, which lasted half a month. Cheng Yunfei was also on vacation, so he didn't need anyone to pick him up, so he asked Uncle Sun and Zheng Shu to make a special trip.
Wang Yu thought that if the visitors needed a place to stay, the backyard of the shop would definitely not be able to accommodate them, so he would need a house. Wang Yu sighed. He hadn't made any money yet, but he was spending money like water. Looking at the money he had, he could only rent a house first.
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