On the night of the end of June, there was a cool breeze and the sound of frogs croaking.
The two chatted as they walked.
"Brother Wan, how much is the price for the electronic watch?"
"fifteen."
"It's so expensive!" Wen Tan said in surprise. This is much more expensive than a pair of pants and a piece of clothing.
"Then do you know how much it sells for?"
"have no idea."
"When electronic watches first entered the Chinese market, they sold for over 100 yuan each. After two years of market development, the average price is now around 40 to 50 yuan."
"It's so expensive?" Wen Tan was surprised again.
"We started selling Hongya in earnest in September of last year. After about a month of market absorption, it's now basically stable at 40 yuan, which means it's a fixed price. It may drop to 35 yuan by the end of this year. If you didn't see any such phenomenon in Huaiyuan County before, you can go back and hold on to the bottom line of 50 yuan."
"Fuck, making over thirty bucks from a watch, that's an incredible profit, but can we even sell it there?"
"They've all been sold out elsewhere, so what's the difference between Huaiyuan and you? Do you know how many electronic watches my fastest salesperson can sell in a day?"
"How many?"
"On average, we can sell more than 100 a day."
"So much! How did he sell it?"
"But he is a distributor, and he divides it all among his subordinates."
"What is a distributor?"
"Take yourself as an example. You bought watches from me and went back to Huaiyuan to sell them. If you sold them quite well, there would always be people who noticed your good business, or your relatives and neighbors would want to follow suit. They couldn't get their goods from you, so they had to come to you. You would mark up your goods and sell them to them, making a profit from the difference. This is called a distributor or wholesaler. Once you have a dozen or even dozens of people like this under your command, would selling a hundred or eighty watches a day be a big deal?"
Wen Tan was silent for a long time: "Does this mean these merchants will make more money?"
"If we only consider individual watches, wholesalers don't make as much money as retailers. However, wholesalers focus on volume. If you wholesale one watch, you make one dollar, but if you wholesale 100 watches a day, you make 100 dollars."
"Then do you think I can be a freight forwarder?"
"Haha, that depends on your exhibition in Huaiyuan. You can sell it yourself in advance, and when people come to you to ask for goods, you can divide it up. The more people come, the more you will naturally become a wholesaler. If that day really comes, I will reduce the price of your goods and give you a profit. It mainly depends on how much goods you sell. If you can sell 100 watches at a time, I will reduce the price by one yuan, and for every additional 100 watches, I will reduce it by one yuan. If you can sell 500 watches at a time, I will give you 10 yuan for each watch. Normally, I shouldn't tell you all this now. The reason I tell you now is to give you some motivation. Making money is actually very easy."
"What if I don't have such a large sales volume, but I still want to buy 500 pieces from you?"
"That's why I said I shouldn't tell you this rule now, but let's not talk about this, brothers. Even if the sales volume isn't that high, I'll give you ten yuan if you buy more than 500 watches at a time. But I don't think there's much hope this year. Do you have 5,000 yuan?"
Wen Tan chuckled, "Bullshit! I only have a few hundred dollars on me right now. My dad and I only have a few hundred dollars left. The most we can get back is ten watches."
When they arrived at Wan Feng's house, Wan Feng opened the box. Wen Tan's eyes widened. The big box was full of electronic watches.
"so much!"
Wan Feng matched Wen Tan with every color, counted out ten watches, and collected 150 yuan from Wen Tan.
"If I go back and sell it well, I can still make money from this thing for three to five years. If I don't seize the opportunity, it will be gone in a few years."
Electronic watches could be sold until the early 1990s, but at that time there was no huge profit from a watch, it was just a normal commodity.
"The digital watches are sold out. I also have tape recorders and counters and other things."
"You still have a tape recorder?"
Wan Feng took out a ready-made tape recorder from another box, plugged it in and pressed the play button, and melodious music began to sound.
Wen Tan was immediately fascinated: "How much is this thing?"
"The purchase price is 150 yuan, and the retail price is 200 yuan."
Wen Tan thought for a long time and sighed: "Oh, I can't lift it!"
"There's no rush. There's still plenty of time. Take your time."
"Next time I'm going to buy one and keep it for myself."
Na Wentan set a grand goal.
Holding the electronic watch, Wen Tan's heart was excited but heavy at the same time. He didn't know whether he could open up the market in Huaiyuan County.
The next morning, Wan Feng took Na Hong and his father to the bus station on his motorcycle and bought them tickets to Goudong County.
Na Hong wanted to go directly to the factory, so he would go directly to Dongdan City, while Na Wentan would change cars in Goudong County and return to Huaiyuan County.
After seeing his father and son off, he went to Xia Qiulong's house and delivered some goods to them.
Xia Qiulong and his people were among the first group of people to become rich in Hongya County. Each of them now has a net worth of several thousand yuan, and Xia Qiulong's net worth has reached over ten thousand yuan.
Of course, part of this was earned by Xinli.
These people are now envious of Wan Feng's motorcycle and are calculating when they can have one.
Looking at how successful these people are, why would you be so jealous of a broken motorcycle?
Logically, there are motorcycles for sale now, but I don’t know if they are available on the market.
At least Wan Feng hasn’t seen it in the store in Hongya.
The only motorcycle available nowadays is the Xingfu 250. Around 1983, the Jialing 50 and Mulan, as well as a light motorcycle that looked like a bicycle, appeared.
The price is generally between seven hundred and eight hundred.
"Motorcycles should be available in two years. Then you can each buy one and ride them."
"Wouldn't that mean we have to wait two years?"
"If you can't wait, our factory's small four-wheeled tractors will be out in two months. How about each of you buy one and drive it? They're almost the same except they're slower and more expensive than a motorcycle."
This is a bad idea. If you don’t have a motorcycle, buy a tractor? They are much worse.
"Who wants a tractor? They are not the same thing." There are still people who understand.
"They're all motor vehicles. At least you don't have to walk, and they don't burn much gas."
Although others were not prepared to buy it, Xia Qiulong was tempted.
"Do you have a trailer? I want to buy one. It's better than a bicycle to go back and forth to buy goods."
"We'll have a matching trailer by then."
Xia Qiulong's words caught Wan Feng's attention. Should we launch the small tricycle next year?
It seems a bit early, let's wait another two years.
After chatting with Xia Qiulong and others, Wan Feng rode his motorcycle home. As soon as he got home, he heard his grandmother say that someone was looking for him. The person was from another place and was at the team headquarters.
From out of town? Who?
Wan Feng hurried to the team headquarters and saw an acquaintance in the office.
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