Ye Beiping nodded and said somewhat awkwardly, "Since you've put it that way, then it's settled. Besides, as the business grows, this amount of money definitely won't be enough. Doing business requires capital, so we can only ask you brothers to make do for now."
"Mm." Jiang Hai nodded emphatically, pursing his lips.
Jiang He, who was standing next to him, wanted to speak, but Jiang Hai glared at him and shut him up.
Su Xinyi quickly calculated the profit: "The cost is 7300 yuan, and today's profit is [amount] yuan."
hiss!
Everyone was already shocked when they heard the total number, but they knew in their hearts that so many leather shoes had been sold, and that there was indeed that much money involved.
But the profit was so high that no one expected it; the profit exceeded the cost.
Ye Xiaoxin exclaimed in surprise, "So many! Xinyi, you didn't miscalculate, did you?"
Su Xinyi, who was being questioned, looked at it more carefully. In fact, she was also a little skeptical. Earning ten thousand yuan a day was too shocking.
But after verifying it several times, Su Xinyi shook her head each time.
"That's right, that's all. If I'm wrong, it's only because the price Beiping gave me was wrong."
Ye Beiping simply smiled and said, "That's right."
"The cost price is only ten yuan, and our profit is fifteen yuan per pair of leather shoes. What's wrong with that?"
"What? Ten yuan for a pair of leather shoes?" Tao Qiuyan and Ye Xiaoxin were even more shocked and exclaimed in unison.
Even Aunt Li, who was washing dishes in the kitchen, was startled by the noise. She looked towards the living room and saw nothing was wrong, so she continued washing the dishes.
Ye Xiaoxin stood up abruptly, grabbed Ye Beiping's arm, and said, "Beiping, are you sure you're not mistaken? How could a pair of leather shoes only cost ten yuan?"
Tao Qiuyan, standing behind him, was also worried that her son might have made a mistake or even been deceived.
Although they had never been to a state-run department store and didn't know how much a pair of leather shoes cost, they had at least seen how they bought shoes. Some people in the village would sometimes show off their leather shoes, treating them like precious treasures.
When asked about the price, everyone said it cost several tens of yuan per pair.
How come a pair costs ten yuan when it comes to Ye Beiping?
At first, Jiang Hai and Jiang He couldn't believe the price. It was only after the two directors of Jiangnan Leather Factory and No. 1 Leather Shoe Factory quoted the price, and the settlement was based on that price, that they had no choice but to believe it.
Ye Beiping naturally knew what his mother and sister were thinking. He coughed lightly and explained, "Mom, sister, don't think that some things are expensive. Actually, they make a lot of money by passing them through two intermediaries. The shoes we brought out normally cost 35 yuan a pair in a state-run department store, but their purchase price is probably about 5 yuan more expensive than ours. Their profit margin is indeed very large."
"Then...then why did you only take ten yuan? The state-owned department store takes fifteen yuan. Do you have more influence than the state-owned department store?" Ye Xiaoxin asked with disbelief.
I'm sure everyone here is thinking about this kind of question.
Speaking of this, Ye Beiping found it somewhat amusing, and confidently curled his lips, saying, "Doing business is not just about learning how to collect money and keep accounts, but also about learning how to observe the situation. Sister, why do you think state-owned department stores get their goods for fifteen yuan? That's because they also get kickbacks. They're in charge of this area, but it's not their own business, so why would they care about the purchase price? They're all on the government payroll. It's perfectly normal for them to buy goods at a higher price and then sell them, and to get kickbacks from the manufacturers privately."
"We're different. We source our own goods and don't need kickbacks, so naturally our prices are lower. As for why they're so much cheaper, it's because leather shoes aren't easy to sell. First, state-run department stores sell them at high prices, which many people are reluctant to spend. We're ten yuan cheaper than state-run department stores, which creates a loophole and appeals to people's desire for bargains. Second, because state-run department stores aren't selling their products, manufacturers are naturally accumulating mountains of unsold inventory. If they don't clear out their stock, how will they pay their employees' wages and benefits?"
Jiang Hai and Jiang He nodded in agreement, and also admired Ye Beiping's keen eye for observing the situation.
Even something as simple and easy to understand is not something that the average person can comprehend.
The most striking thing is Ye Beiping's calm and composed demeanor when he talked with Li Peiqiang and Wei Daming in Wencheng. Anyone who didn't know better would really think he was a big boss.
After listening to so much, Ye Xiaoxin scratched her head, still not quite understanding.
She could understand each word individually, but when they were put together, her brain started to malfunction.
Instead, Su Xinyi, who was standing next to her, stared wide-eyed in surprise: "Beiping, how do you know all this?"
Before coming to Hangzhou, Ye Beiping lived in Pingba Village and had never left the village. How could he know so much?
Could he really have learned so much in just a few days in Hangzhou?
Surely he can't be a genius?
Upon hearing this, Ye Beiping naturally couldn't reveal that he had been reborn, so he could only smile and say, "Buy a newspaper every day and go out for walks more often, and you'll naturally come to pay attention to these things."
Su Xinyi and Ye Xiaoxin certainly didn't believe this explanation.
But one has no choice but to believe it, otherwise why would Ye Beiping be able to explain it so clearly?
At this moment, Aunt Li had finished washing the dishes and was drying her hands as she walked into the living room. Seeing that Ye Beiping and the others didn't say anything, she smiled somewhat shyly and said, "Beiping, um..."
Turning around, Ye Beiping saw that Aunt Li seemed hesitant to speak, and frowned, saying, "Aunt Li, you can just say what you want to say."
"When you went to Wencheng last time, you gave me some leather shoes to sell with my husband, right? This time, my husband wants me to take more back to sell. You see..." To be honest, Aunt Li was a little embarrassed when she brought this up, since Ye Beiping had given them the goods first.
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