Chapter 272 Her Obsession
Ever since Su Jiaojiao went to college, Cai Ting has been extremely busy.
She and Ding Mei went to the Mocheng wholesale market, and when they came back, she told Chen Guilan about the jeans: "Liu Wenji doesn't recommend that we get the goods from the wholesale market. He said he can help contact the manufacturer to place the order. If the order is placed, we have to find someone to follow up on it. I need to ask Jiao Jiao's opinion."
The establishment of the Melbourne Clothing Wholesale Market has driven the development of a number of large and small clothing factories in the surrounding area.
There are many garment factories over there that make jeans, and they all have washing machines.
"What is the shipping price of jeans in the Mocheng wholesale market?" Chen Guilan contacts Su Jiaojiao every day. She has heard Su Jiaojiao talk about this. Su Jiaojiao said that jeans are selling very well in the capital, so she wants to do jeans wholesale.
"We asked around, and the lowest is twelve yuan." Cai Ting even stayed in Mo City for a night. She really tried her best. "Add shipping costs, and it'll be almost thirteen yuan in the capital. Add in booth fees and labor costs, and a little profit, and it's almost sixteen yuan. This price is not competitive."
The thing you compare when buying this kind of common goods is price.
The purchase price is thirteen yuan, and including labor and stall fees, it is almost fourteen yuan. Add two yuan in profit, and the wholesale price to the outside is sixteen yuan. The wholesale price of sixteen yuan is not as good as buying the goods in the capital.
"Then ask Jiao Jiao whether they will accept the order or not." Chen Guilan also felt that the wholesale price was too high. The retail price of jeans at Hualian Department Store was between twenty-five and forty yuan, so a wholesale price of twelve yuan was still reasonable.
When it is shipped to the capital, the wholesale price becomes 16 yuan. Although it is only a difference of 4 yuan, it is indeed not competitive in the market.
After two days of military training, Su Jiaojiao was exhausted and her back ached. She had just showered when she received a call from Cai Ting. She took her phone and went downstairs: "This price is indeed high. Some common goods from Guangzhou are only 12 yuan wholesale."
"What should we do then?" Cai Ting asked her.
"It's too late for us to place an order now. It's September now, and the earliest we can finish it is October, or even November. The weather is getting colder, and jeans are in the off-season, so we can't sell them wholesale at all." Su Jiaojiao disagreed with placing the order. After thinking for a moment, she said to Cai Ting, "Go to Mocheng to find Liu Wenji again, bring him some gifts, treat him to a meal, and ask him to take you to the manufacturer to get the goods. I estimate the ex-factory price to be between eight and nine yuan."
When making clothes, you have to pay attention to seasonality. If you make summer clothes in winter and winter clothes in summer, it will be too late to make and sell them immediately.
Unless you are not afraid of inventory pressure.
She was afraid of having too much inventory. Once the costs were suppressed, she would have to sell the goods at a low price or dump them. She didn't have the ability to do that now, so she could only move forward steadily.
Even though she knew that jeans were a timeless classic, she was unsure because the fabric and style were not chosen or designed by her.
But she had to do this. She had to understand the market conditions here and test the waters. No matter what time, she could not give up the opportunity to make money.
Only making money can make her feel safe.
"Could it be that low?" Cai Ting was surprised.
"I bought less from Liu Wenji last time. The wholesale price was fourteen yuan, so his purchase price should be around ten yuan." Su Jiaojiao said, "You have to look at the fabric. If it's four-way stretch, it might be a little more expensive. If it's ordinary, mainstream stuff, nine yuan should be about right. If nine yuan isn't enough, forget it."
If she went through all that trouble, she wouldn't even be able to earn ten thousand yuan.
What's the point of that.
"Okay, I'll go tomorrow." Cai Ting had an idea in mind and asked Su Jiaojiao, "What if I buy a gift for Liu Wenji and have dinner with him, but don't make any deals?"
"It's okay, just treat it as a way to keep in touch." Su Jiaojiao smiled. "We're in business, we can't be too picky about these things. If it doesn't work this time, there's always next time. As long as it works once, it's worth it. I'll have my mom give you money for activities." Cai Ting handed the phone back to Chen Guilan. Chen Guilan always checked the meter when she called. She knew that a minute of call cost several cents, so she almost hung up after a few words. "I heard everything. I'll give her two hundred yuan right now. I'll call you again tomorrow when Cai Ting comes back. Don't worry about things at home, I'm here!"
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
“…” Su Jiaojiao didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. It was always like this.
In fact, when it comes to wholesale, in addition to negotiating prices, she has to make a lot of preparations, such as renting a stall in the wholesale market and finding a reliable person to sell goods to her.
There is only one reliable person, and that is Cai Ting.
It is definitely too late to find someone now. Trust between people cannot be established overnight. Her trust in Cai Ting comes from her previous life.
Cai Ting is a very serious person and honest in her work. She has to come along to sell goods until the end of the year, and then Su Jiaojiao will go back with her.
But if Cai Ting can't reach an agreement, there is no need for her to rent a stall.
Once the deal is reached, her time will be tight. It will take four or five days to ship the goods from Mo City to the imperial capital.
During this period, she had to rent a stall and wait for Cai Ting and the goods to arrive.
After arranging these things, Su Jiaojiao was no longer in a hurry. She would deal with urgent matters later and deal with non-urgent matters now.
When she was free, she went to Jinyuan to check the progress of the decoration. The boss of Changsheng Decoration Company hired people who had been working with her for many years.
When Su Jiaojiao went there, the floor tiles had already been laid and two workers were installing wardrobes. They told Su Jiaojiao that the decoration would definitely be completed in November, and after the odor was removed, they could move in by the end of the year.
Since everyone was busy working, Su Jiaojiao didn't stay long.
She will go back home at the end of the year and will not move in. As long as the decoration is completed before the New Year, it will be fine.
She slowly bought furniture and other things, as this place was very important to her.
In her previous life, after she resigned from Jiahe Group and went to Pei Lan's clothing factory, she submitted several resumes, but all of them fell into oblivion.
Her academic qualifications and work experience were not enough in the job recruitment market, and she was reduced to her original state.
She was just a migrant worker from outside the capital. Apart from the clothing assembly line where she was good at, there was no place for her in the capital.
She had no new job, no rent, and no place to live. She lived in the cheapest inn, working part-time every day, waiting for her new job.
When she was busy, she worked three jobs a day. In the morning, she sold breakfast at a breakfast shop in the north of the city from five to nine o'clock. At half past ten, she went to a restaurant in the west of the city to serve dishes and clean. In the evening, she went to a teahouse to make tea for people and listen to the tea drinkers chat and talk about their glorious years.
At that time, she felt that her experience of working as Lu Jingyou's assistant in Jiahe Group had become the highlight of her life, which could not be replicated and would never happen again.
But she couldn't go back. Even if she was so destitute, she couldn't go back.
She was afraid of the dark, because the dark meant she had to find a place to stay. For a little girl, finding a place to stay in a strange place was a torture and a fear.
So, she went to Pei Lan's garment factory and worked very hard. She didn't want to go back to the days when she was homeless and didn't want to wander around the city.
It was at that time that she developed a deep obsession with the house. Even though she didn't live in it, she felt at ease just looking at it.
She walked back to Jingda from Jinyuan. After walking for half an hour, she couldn't help but think of the past events, which were too painful to recall.
In the evening, Su Jiaojiao received a call from Cai Ting, saying that the price was agreed at 8.9 yuan. The manufacturer said they would give a 10 cent discount and include some travel expenses.
Su Jiaojiao was very satisfied.
If you buy 10,000 pieces, you can save 1,000 yuan, which is enough for travel expenses.
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