Ten days passed quickly.
Ye Beiping's business is still booming. He even got another 50,000 pairs of leather shoes from Wencheng, which are the last batch of low-priced inventory from Jiangnan Leather Factory and First Leather Shoe Factory.
Jiang Hai happened to come over today to report on some matters, so I conveyed Wencheng's intentions.
"Beiping, Director Li and Director Wei said that this batch of goods will be sold at the original price, but the price will increase by two yuan for the next batch. They also said they will try their best to cooperate with our production of similar leather shoes. I just wanted to ask you if we could think of a way to produce mid-to-high-end leather shoes."
Upon hearing this, Ye Beiping pursed his lips and pondered, "Let's talk about it later. Don't reply for now. Mid-to-high-end leather shoes are not suitable for street vending, and no one will buy them."
“That’s true.” Jiang Hai nodded slightly, then mentioned two other things: “By the way, Director Li and Director Wei said they want to come to Hangzhou for an inspection.”
"Inspection?" Ye Beiping paused, his brows furrowing instantly.
Shouldn't such high-level assessments be reserved for the national team in this day and age?
When did Jiangnan Leather Factory and the First Leather Shoe Factory start using such terms? But they are state-owned factories, so there's no doubt that they'd like to come and inspect them.
"Let them come if they want. Even if they know our model, we have nothing to worry about," Ye Beiping said confidently.
The source of his confidence was naturally Tang Xiaolong.
The teams Tang Xiaolong sent out in the past few days have had a fruitful time and are expanding their market reach.
They have already taken over the two cities surrounding Hangzhou.
Although sales in Hangzhou have declined during this period, the new markets opened up by Tang Xiaolong have already surpassed previous sales, breaking records once again.
The daily sales exceeded 1,500 pairs of leather shoes.
Tang Xiaolong couldn't wait and rushed over late that night to celebrate with drinks, but Ye Beiping eventually sent him to the next room to drink instead, citing his wife's need to rest.
With Hou Baolin and Wu Di also starting to take charge of a region, Ye Beiping believed that his team would become stronger and stronger.
Just as he was secretly delighted, he noticed a change in Jiang Hai's expression.
This puzzled Ye Beiping. Then he thought of the situation in Jianghe and realized it was not good. In order to maintain balance, he sighed and said, "Brother Jianghai, we have been through thick and thin together. I know you are worried about Jianghe's situation."
"Here's a suggestion. Jiang He is currently in charge of the Shangcheng District, while Monkey and Fatty are in charge of the other two districts respectively. Hangzhou has more than just these few districts. You can have Jiang He directly arrange the management of the remaining districts. I can give him two yuan per pair of shoes, and the price for his subordinates is 20 yuan per pair. As for the management of the other districts, you can let Jiang He deduct five mao or one yuan from his profit. This way, if sales increase, he will only earn more, not less."
After saying this, he showed a troubled expression.
The boss seemed to be deeply concerned for his brothers, looking quite troubled.
But Jiang Hai was stunned for a moment, and after opening his mouth for a long time, he said, "Beiping, that's not what I meant."
"Huh?" Ye Beiping was surprised. Could it be that he guessed wrong and it wasn't Jiang He's business?
Jiang Hai knew Ye Beiping was unaware, so he had no choice but to tell him directly.
“Recently, we discovered that a group of mysterious gangs have started selling goods in Hangzhou, just like us, and they have even affected the districts where Hou Baolin and Wu Di live. I went there to see how they were doing, but I didn’t expect that people were already selling them.”
"Moreover... their pattern is the same as ours, even more exaggerated than Tang Xiaolong and his group. Not only are they dressed in tattered clothes, but they even brought out little girls and little boys."
This surprised Ye Beiping, who gaped in astonishment, never expecting that even a child could be brought out.
Playing the emotional card?
Compassion?
Seeing Ye Beiping's surprise, Jiang Hai knew he hadn't heard about it and sighed slightly.
But she still took the suggestion to heart and planned to go back and have a serious talk with Jiang He, since sales have indeed been a bit poor lately.
Tang Xiaolong has already expanded to other cities, while this troublesome younger brother is still stuck with his little plot of land, as if he's waiting for his older brother to feed him.
They're hopeless.
Ye Beiping immediately frowned and asked, "Have you investigated who is doing this? Are they just individual investors? If they are, then we don't need to pay attention to them."
If you're not a retail investor, you really need to be careful.
"I don't know for now, and I don't have any people with that kind of expertise," Jiang Hai said, looking somewhat worried.
In Hangzhou, they didn't even have a foothold, so how could they investigate people? They wouldn't say a word when asked.
Ye Beiping could see Jiang Hai's predicament and could only sigh, saying, "Have everyone come over for a get-together tonight, and also tell Tang Xiaolong to invite Sister Zhou over. Sister Zhou definitely has connections in this area."
"We don't have anyone with that kind of expertise, so we can only solve it by spending money."
The thought that it might be organized made Ye Beiping's expression gradually turn cold.
This is like snatching food from a tiger's mouth; they're trying to steal your rice bowl.
If that's really the case, Ye Beiping will definitely show them what modern sales are all about. He'll also tell them that playing around a little is fine, but if they go too far, he'll teach them a lesson about what it means to be a possessive pet dog.
However, when it comes to networking, it's still somewhat weak.
If I could get Zhou Xiaomei on board long-term, I wonder if it would give me connections in both the legitimate and underworld circles in Hangzhou.
After all, we didn't have money before, but now that we do, we can't skimp on the money we need to spend, and we can't expect to make money by selling goods at a stall forever.
In the future, the most important factors for making money will be connections and networks.
Zhou Xiaomei has many connections, and bringing her to our side would only bring benefits and no harm. At least in Hangzhou, it shouldn't be a big problem.
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